| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-01-17 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2017-03-08 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-02-22 | 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. | |||||
| 2015-08-04 | 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. | |||||