Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-11 | Aventura | Fl | Elite Marine A/C | Hand(s) | Contact with cold objects or substances |
On May 11, 2021, an employee was working on a yacht, doing maintenance work on an air conditioning unit. A refrigerant tank fell over and began to leak. The employee covered the leak, and the refrigerant caused second-degree burns to both of his hands. | |||||
2019-06-12 | Aventura | Florida | EZ CAULKING & WATERPROOFING, INC. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee sustained a hot tar burn on his hand from a hot tar kettle splash. | |||||
2019-03-02 | Aventura | Florida | TURNBERRY CONSTRUCTION LLC | Multiple upper extremities locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was taking photographs of fire caulking from a 28-foot extension ladder. He fell about 8 feet to the ground, suffering injuries to both arms including fractures to the right wrist, left elbow, and thumb and a chin injury that required stitches. | |||||
2019-01-10 | Aventura | Florida | Telemundo Television Studios, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was loading the truck and sustained a left ring finger amputation after being struck by a rolling lighting case. | |||||
2017-05-17 | Aventura | Florida | ABOVE ALL CAULKING & WATERPROOFING, INC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
On May 17, 2017, at 9:30AM, an employee was filling a bucket with hot tar when the spigot broke, allowing hot tar to splash and burn his left hand, right forearm, and face . | |||||
2017-01-09 | Aventura | Florida | HCA Inc. / Aventura Hospital | Neck and back | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was treating a patient when the patient assaulted her. She was hospitalized with possible lower back and neck injuries. | |||||
2016-09-26 | Aventura | Florida | Aventura Hospital | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an extension cord and struck her head on a stretcher, suffering a concussion. | |||||
2015-08-04 | Aventura | Florida | CB Structures Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On or about August 4, 2015, an employee installing safety guard rails on the second floor of a building began to feel ill and experienced cramping. He was hospitalized overnight for heat-related illness. | |||||
2015-06-03 | Aventura | Florida | Whole Foods, Inc. | Multiple leg locations | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee working in the prepared food area was rolling a cart loaded with food from a walk-in cooler when the cart tipped over and landed on her left leg fracturing it in multiple places. She was hospitalized for surgery to repair the injuries to her leg. |