Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-07 | Graceville | Fl | GEO Group, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking towards a vehicle used for transporting dogs. Dogs were running to load up and one of the dogs ran directly to the employee. The employee turned to avoid a collision with the dog. When she turned, she fell and fractured her left hip on the ground. | |||||
2021-03-18 | Graceville | Fl | GEO Group, Inc. | Hip(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was counseling an inmate when the inmate charged him, throwing him to the concrete floor and breaking his hip. | |||||
2021-02-02 | Graceville | Fl | Rex Lumber, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was trying to open valves on the back of a gang saw so that the blade guides could be moved. The saw moved, crushing the employee against the chains. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
2019-09-20 | Graceville | Florida | Rex Lumber Graceville, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using a chop saw to cut boards. A board jammed. As he was clearing the jam, his right hand came in contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of his middle and index fingers at the first joint. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2015-08-15 | Graceville | Florida | Rex Lumber, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was changing the teeth on a saw when the chain used in the lockout/tagout procedure broke, allowing the saw blade to fall and strike the employee's head and knocking him out. He fell about 2 feet and broke his right leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2015-04-30 | Graceville | Florida | Rex Lumber, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On or about April 30, 2015, an employee was helping a second employee position a fallen log so that the grapple of the front-end loader could pick the log up from the ground. The second employee struck the log with such force that the log moved horizontally in a right-to-left sweeping motion, striking the first employee in the leg area and resulting in two breaks to the left leg and a broken right ankle. | |||||
2015-04-29 | Graceville | Florida | Rex Lumber, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about April 29, 2015, an employee operating the #3 Bander/Strapper in the Planer Mill was injured when the machine's bump plate came down on the employee's left hand resulting in crushing type injuries. |