| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-25 | Cape Canaveral | Fl | All Terrain Tractor Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| Employees were swapping out a fork attachment for a bucket attachment on a loader. The locking pin got stuck. An employee used a piece of rebar to remove debris from the pin receiver; the pin dislodged quickly and his left ring and little fingers were caught between the pin and the receiver. He suffered amputations to both fingers. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Met-Con Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a mag drill when his glove was caught in the drill and his left thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After cutting insulated panels outdoors, an employee was climbing a stair to a work trailer when he fell to the ground due to heat exhaustion and dehydration, injuring his shoulder. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-09 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | SEAPORT CANAVERAL CORP. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was restarting a vapor combustion unit when a burner lit, causing a flash fire. The employee suffered second degree burns. | |||||
| 2019-04-05 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Orion Marine Group, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using an angle grinder when he tripped on a sea wall grounding wire, causing the angle grinder to contact and lacerate his right knee as he fell to the ground. The angle grinder blade was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-04-12 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Sauer Group, Inc | Hip(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was ascending or descending stairs when she tripped and landed on her right hip, suffering right hip pain. | |||||
| 2018-03-29 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Lockheed Martin Corporation | Heart | Multiple types of exertions and bodily reactions |
| An employee was hospitalized after showing signs of a possible heart attack while completing a work-related treadmill stress test to keep his SCAPE certification. | |||||
| 2018-01-23 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Indian River Beverage Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning a filling machine when he observed defective caps locked in the supply channels to the capper. He put the capper in manual mode and manually moved the joint with his left hand as he tried to remove the crowns with his right hand. During this operation, one of his fingers entered the moving machine, severing his fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | United Launch Alliance | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assisting other employees to raise a tower. When he placed his hand on a cable to provide tension on it to aide in the operation, his right hand contacted a pulley and sustained a partial amputation of the pinky finger. | |||||
| 2016-09-19 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Hamilton Roofing Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was getting ready to start the kettle motor on the tar kettle. The pipe was not hooked up yet, causing hot tar to burn his face, neck, and arms. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Royal Mansion Resort | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While tying an extension ladder to a building's permanent ladder, an employee lost his balance and fell 4 feet, breaking his tibia and injuring his ankle. | |||||
| 2015-07-28 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | United Launch Alliance, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was connecting a pneumatic-charged hose to a piston assembly when the piston started operating. His left-hand little finger was amputated near the first digit and his ring finger was amputated near the second digit. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | Cape Canaveral | Florida | Ivey's Constuction, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was exiting the site trailer and fell 3 feet. The trailer stairs were removed at the time. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations on the back of the head and a fractured hip. | |||||