Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-09	Deerfield	Oh	Founders Service & Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On November 9, 2021, an employee was reaching into a sand core machine when the press came down on his left ring and little fingers. He underwent partial medical amputations to both fingers.
2021-06-06	Deerfield Beach	Fl	PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS INC.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was exiting a production floor into a hallway when he slipped and fell. He suffered an aggravation to a previous back injury and was hospitalized overnight.
2021-04-29	Deerfield Beach	Fl	Florida Power and Light	Hand(s) and elbow(s)	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working on an out-of-service electrical pole. While he was up the pole on a ladder, and then on hooks, his hand touched with a primary voltage jumper that had burnt off at the transformer. He suffered an entry wound through the little finger and out the back of his arm behind the elbow.
2021-04-18	Deerfield Beach	Fl	Publix Super Market at Sawgrass Promenade	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was receiving shopping carts in a parking lot. A customer's car struck the employee, who suffered a broken ankle and was hospitalized.
2021-04-13	Deerfield Beach	Fl	Republic National Distributing Company, LLC	Knee(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was preparing merchandise for delivery when the employee stepped backward and fell 4 feet from the back of the truck to the ground. The employee hyperextended both knees tearing and straining muscles and ligaments.
2021-01-25	Deerfield Beach	Fl	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.	Multiple head locations	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was assisting with a rack repair in a warehouse. A weld broke on an upper crossbar, causing it to fall down and lacerate the employee's head and face.
2021-01-04	South Deerfield	Ma	Pelican Products, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On January 4, 2021, an employee was standing on a platform while pulling an object when they fell backward through railings 8.5 feet to the concrete floor below, resulting in hospitalization due to a concussion and lacerations to the head and leg.
2021-01-01	Deerfield	Il	Walgreen Co.	Face	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
While retrieving a bag of ice an employee lost their footing and fell to the ground, sustaining a face contusion.
2020-10-20	Deerfield Beach	Fl	SOUTH FLORIDA SEAMLESS GUTTERS LLC	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a 15-foot ladder to remove a rain gutter pipe. He missed a rung as he descended the ladder and fell backward. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured neck.
2020-09-02	Deerfield Beach	Fl	United Parcel Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A UPS driver became ill after completing his work day and was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress.
2020-07-07	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Suddath Relocation Systems of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 7, 2020, an employee was adjusting a metal dock plate. The plate fell on the employee's right hand, causing amputations to the middle and ring fingers.
2020-07-01	Deerfield Beach	Florida	LIST INDUSTRIES, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was resetting a punch press. As the employee finished resetting the press, he tripped and his right middle finger was caught in a gear mechanism and crushed.
2020-06-19	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Sun Sentinel	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was attempting to repair a newspaper machine when he lost his balance while standing on a roll of newspapers. He fell and fractured his ribs, requiring hospitalization.
2020-03-20	Deerfield Beach	Florida	List Industries, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was handling a large locker door when it slipped and hit his forearm.
2020-02-21	South Deerfield	Massachusett	The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
A reach truck struck an order picker. The employee operating the reach truck suffered a cut left Achilles tendon.
2020-01-17	Deerfield Beach	Florida	WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. OF FLORIDA	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On 1/17/2020, an employee was lifting a piece of steel (shaft) with another employee when suddenly the metal fell and crushed the employee's left middle fingertip. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches.
2020-01-16	South Deerfield	Massachusett	The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
On January 16, 2020, at 6:20 p.m., an employee stepped out of the cab of a trailer truck and onto an asphalt road when he slipped on black ice, fell on the road. He suffered a head injury and laceration, requiring hospitalization.
2019-09-22	Deerfield Beach	Florida	GL Staffing Services, Inc.	Head	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was placing a shelf on a rack system when he lost balance and fell 4-5 feet from the rack to the warehouse floor, striking his head and sustaining a head contusion.
2019-05-03	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Publix Super Markets Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on the ground retrieving product from a pallet. A pallet truck struck the pallet on the ground and the employee's left leg was caught between the pallet and a rack resulting in a fractured fibula.
2019-02-25	South Deerfield	Massachusett	Agronomic Field Services	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While picking up repair parts at a local distributor, an employee slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk. The employee's left leg was broken.
2018-07-26	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Publix Super Markets Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was driving a stand-up forklift when his hand went between a rack and the forklift, crushing his finger.
2018-07-09	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Allied Universal Security	BODY SYSTEMS	Nonclassifiable
A security guard was feeling faint and dizzy and was hospitalized.
2018-04-18	Deerfield	Massachusett	LEWIS TREE SERVICE, INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee had just topped a white pine tree and was using his climbing line to descend the tree when he lost his footing and fell approximately 40 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken wrist.
2017-07-18	Deerfield Beach	Florida	TILE & FLOOR CARE USA, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee was looking for an air conditioner leak inside a ceiling when the roof collapsed and he fell 7 feet, injuring his spine.
2017-07-03	Deerfield	Illinois	BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 3, 2017, an employee was erecting a system scaffold tower when it shifted, causing the employee's finger to become pinched between the wall and the scaffold system. The employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.
2017-04-19	Deerfield	Kansas	Deerfield Feeders Inc.	Pelvis	Trampled by or stepped on by animal
An employee was struck by a bull while herding cattle, suffering a broken pelvis.
2017-03-08	Deerfield Beach	Florida	N&P Construction and Development Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Intentional injury by other person
An employee was critically injured during an altercation at the construction site on March 8, 2017.
2017-03-08	Deerfield Beach	Florida	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was learning to operate a forklift and struck a bollard. His foot was caught between the bollard and the forklift resulting in a fractured foot that required hospitalization.
2017-02-11	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Natures Bounty Co.	Head and neck	Other fall to lower level
On February 11, 2017, at about 6:15 PM, an employee was descending stairs with trash bags in both hands when he slipped and fell. He struck the back of his head and neck and was hospitalized.
2016-08-23	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Publix Super Markets, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was moving stock using a pallet jack when the jack backed onto his foot, fracturing it.
2016-07-29	South Deerfield	Massachusett	Pelican Products, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pulling a pallet truck and felt discomfort. The employee was later hospitalized with a collapsed lung.
2016-07-01	Deerfield	Massachusett	F. J. McCarron Inc	Lower extremities	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell approximately 12 feet from a welded, tubular steel frame scaffold into the bottom of an empty pool, suffering a leg/foot injury.
2016-02-22	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Publix Distribution Center	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a coworker operating a double rider vehicle, suffering lower leg lacerations.
2016-02-03	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Publix super market Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was fabricating a bracket and sharping a piece of metal on a belt sander. The metal bracket slipped out of his hand, rotated and sliced the top of his left thumb.
2016-01-21	Deerfield Beach	Florida	OURO CUSTOM WOODWORK, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when the saw blade amputated his middle fingertip.
2016-01-18	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Publix Super Markets, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to tripping
A security guard tripped in the parking lot and fell dislocating a shoulder.
2015-08-25	Deerfield	Massachusett	W T Terminal, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was backing a forklift off a scale. He backed over a wooden pedestrian walkway that gave way under the weight of the machine, tipping the forklift onto a column. The employee's left hand was trapped between the column and the forklift crushing three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-08-04	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Florida Windows and Doors Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On or about August 4, 2015, an employee was moving a glass panel from one location to another when the panel slipped and landed on his legs. He was hospitalized.
2015-01-29	Deerfield Beach	Florida	Crawford Tracey Corporation	Ankle(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
On or about 1/29/2015, two employees were riding in the back of a forklift. One of the employees jumped and was caught by the back of the forklift on his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2015-01-24	Deerfield Beach	Florida	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS # 0246, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a meat patty machine in the meat department and received fingertip amputations to the ring and middle finger.