Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-03-04	Coral Springs	Fl	Landscape Service Professionals Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to push a trailer hitch onto a trailer ball when his left middle finger was crushed between the hitch and the ball.
2020-06-30	Coral Springs	Florida	SFM LANDSCAPE SERVICES, LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was backing a mower into a tractor trailer when the mower's gas tank struck the trailer and exploded. The employee received burns to the face (around eyes and forehead), arms, and knees.
2020-06-08	Coral Springs	Florida	Lycan Concrete Corp.	Nonclassifiable	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was handing out water when he stepped into a walk-behind trowel machine that was running. The employee was injured by the blade of the walk-behind trowel resulting in hospitalization.
2019-08-08	Coral Springs	Florida	All Phase Construction USA LLC	Nonclassifiable	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing a fiberglass ladder when the ladder snapped and the employee fell 10 feet to the ground resulting in fractures.
2019-03-06	Coral Springs	Florida	ALDI, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was stocking shelves when an electric pallet jack injured his foot.
2018-07-09	Coral Springs	Florida	Publix #1121	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
The injured employee was on a two-step ladder cleaning the rotisserie area in a deli while a second employee was using a container to recover drained grease from the same equipment. The injured employee came down and repositioned the ladder next to the grease bucket and used it to clean. When he came down the ladder, he stepped into the grease bucket and burned his foot.
2018-07-03	Coral Springs	Florida	Goodwill Industries	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was cleaning ceiling tiles from an A-frame ladder when he fell to the ground.
2018-04-19	Coral Springs	Florida	Premier Cabinets and Fixtures Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a piece of plywood with a portable saw when the tool lacerated his right thumb.
2018-04-05	Coral Springs	Florida	Publix Supermarkets, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee was moving a trash can when he tripped and fell, potentially suffering multiple leg fractures.
2018-02-22	Coral Springs	Florida	NATIONS ROOF RESIDENTIAL, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was spreading roofing cement and fell 20 feet fracturing his femur.
2016-06-27	Coral Springs	Florida	VUTECH Management Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was inserting a piece of aluminum into the rotating piece of a horizontal lathe when his right-hand pinky finger was amputated at the knuckle.
2016-05-19	Coral Springs	Florida	DG Air Services Inc	Brain	Fall on same level
An employee walking towards an aerial lift, fell, and struck his head. The employee was hospitalized for a brain injury and lacerations.
2016-02-20	Coral Springs	Florida	Kitchen Art of South Florida, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a table saw when the blade lacerated his right index finger, requiring stitches.
2015-12-18	Coral Springs	Florida	VCA Wiles Road Animal Hospital	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to place a large dog into a kennel when she lost her balance and fell to the floor. The employee fractured her right ankle in two locations resulting in admission to the hospital for surgery.
2015-09-18	Coral Springs	Florida	PREMIER BEVERAGE	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was walking down the ramp of a delivery trunk using a hand dolly to carry five cases. He slipped and the metal part of the dolly landed on his two right middle fingers lacerating them both down to the bone.
2015-08-21	Coral Springs	Florida	Pike Corporation, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was hooking up a backyard machine to a digger derrick when the employee's finger got caught between the hook and the backyard machine. The employee's pinky finger broke.
2015-08-16	Coral Springs	Florida	Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On 8-16-2015, at about 1750 p.m., an employee was working at the special services return desk when a can of red mahogany Minwax spilled. The vapors caused the employee to have difficulty breathing and triggered an asthma attack. She was hospitalized.
2015-07-28	Coral Springs	Florida	4-EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
While moving a ladder to a tree, an employee stepped on a wet branch and fell 10 to 12 feet to the ground.
2015-01-17	Coral Springs	Florida	Publix Supermarket	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
Employee was struck by a moving vehicle while assisting a customer in the Publix Supermarket.
2015-01-04	Coral Springs	Florida	Super Target	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On or about 1/4/15 at 1:50 PM, employee was slicing ham when a piece of meat slipped, allowing the employee's hand to come into contact with the deli slicer. Employee lost tip of thumb; there was no bone loss.