Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-07 | Crestview | Fl | FirstCash, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was shutting the rear door of a store when her left middle finger was caught in the door, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2021-01-12 | Crestview | Fl | Precision Plumbing Group, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was moving boxed tub walls on the second floor of an apartment complex that was under construction when they fell through a hole on the second floor to the ground 9 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured collar bone, ribs, and thumb. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Crestview | Florida | Lowe's Home Improvement (Store# 1782) | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On July 13, 2020, an employee rolled a flat cart to the outside of the receiving bay door in order to drain standing water off the cart. The cart was next to a delivery truck and when the delivery truck left the dock, the employee fell 3.5 feet off the dock. He was hospitalized with a broken left leg. | |||||
2019-04-18 | Crestview | Florida | Advanced Mechanical Services Of Central Florida, Inc. | Multiple upper extremities locations | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was changing out a compressor at a store. While sweating the lines, the pressure built up in the line and the oil shot out along with flames, causing second degree burns on both arms from his fingertips to the elbows and a slight burn on his lower abdomen. | |||||
2016-08-18 | Crestview | Florida | Junior Food of West Florida | Hip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping a co-worker to move a pallet that was in the way of the forklift. A cooler weighing approximately 3,000 lbs. that was on the forks of the forklift fell onto the employee's right hip and leg fracturing the hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Crestview | Florida | AJ Sheriff dba Lenny's Sub Shop | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning a slicer when her fingers contacted the blade, lacerating her ring and pinky fingers. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-06-08 | Crestview | Florida | Coleman American Moving Services, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was loading crates with household goods onto a truck when he felt light headed, numbness in his arm, sweating, panting, chest pain and then passed out. He was admitted to the hospital where he was diagnosed with heat stress. | |||||
2016-04-16 | Crestview | Florida | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (#944) | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee and his coworker were loading a kayak onto the forks of a forklift. The forks were on the ground when the employee walked backward and tripped over the forks. He fractured his left wrist and required surgery. | |||||
2015-11-16 | Crestview | Florida | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was in the freezer getting a 50 lb. case of turkey. While standing on a pallet, he lost his balance and let go of the case. The case fell on his right leg, fracturing his tibia. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-10-30 | Crestview | Florida | Tom Thumb Food Stores, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell breaking a hip. |