| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-30 | Cantonment | Florida | ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. | Head and trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| A maintenance employee was removing a level control valve when he was sprayed with Hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The contents of the pipe were under pressure and the liquid was hot, but less than 100 degrees Celsius. The employee sustained chemical burns and possibly thermal burns to his face and back. | |||||
| 2019-09-01 | Cantonment | Florida | Deans Solid Surfacing, Inc | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A piece of quartz countertop material was stored on an A-frame metal storage stand that was 9 3/4 inches off the floor, with wheels on one end and permanent legs on the opposite end. The material slipped off the edge of the stand onto an employee's right foot, breaking two toes. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2019-07-08 | Cantonment | Florida | Industry Services Co., Inc. | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| On July 8, 2019, an employee was using a forklift (to unload a heater from a truck) when it caught fire. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to 40 percent of his body and hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-31 | Cantonment | Florida | Katoen Natie Specialty Chemicals, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On May 31, 2019, an employee was clearing a jammed bag from the bagging machine sealer when his right middle and ring fingers were caught between the transfer belt and the bagging machine's shaft. He sustained a laceration to both his right middle and ring fingers and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-10-13 | Cantonment | Florida | Thompson Tractor Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was wearing gloves while replacing a track tensioner on an excavator when his right hand was caught between the machine's track adjuster and the metal tracks, amputating his middle fingertip without bone loss. | |||||
| 2017-09-19 | Cantonment | Florida | AT&T | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on an extension ladder mounting a dish at a residence when wasps stung him several times and he fell off the ladder. He suffered a pinched nerve and numbness in his upper arms/neck, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-03-28 | Cantonment | Florida | Gulf Power Company | Thoracic region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was conducting electrical line maintenance and was using the fixed steps of a bucket truck when he fell about 6 feet to the ground, suffering a compression fracture to his upper back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-02-21 | Cantonment | Florida | Airtek Construction, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee was starting work on a precipitator and was using a sleever bar to remove the door, which was 18" x 18". He removed the bolts and some of the silicone from the door, but the door would not open. He went to the front of the equipment, removed the inspection window, and used the sleever bar to reach inside, at which point he was electric shocked. The electrical current went in his left ring finger and out through his right foot. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | Cantonment | Florida | Tank Pro Incorporated | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on the ground floor securing the containment with flexible tarp when the wind started to move it around. A gust of wind blew against the flexible tarp, knocking him backwards and causing him to land on the ground on his right wrist. His wrist fractured and required hospitalization. | |||||