| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-16 | Hobe Sound | Fl | JENKINS LANDSCAPE COMPANY | Skull | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was in a lift, pruning a large Ficus tree. The employee fell to the ground 12 feet below and sustained a fractured skull. | |||||
| 2021-04-20 | Hobe Sound | Fl | Jupiter Island Pools Inc | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While hanging supplies on a wall display, an employee stepped back and her flip-flop hit the corner of a box and she fell onto the floor. The employee broke her left humerus. | |||||
| 2020-09-16 | Hobe Sound | Fl | American Residential Services | Brain | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee fell through the sheetrock ceiling in a home's attic, landing on the concrete floor below and suffering head injuries. | |||||
| 2020-08-26 | Hobe Sound | Fl | Waste Management Inc. of Florida | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee had completed his shift and was preparing to punch out when he became disoriented. He later had a seizure and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2018-05-23 | Hobe Sound | Florida | JPJ Companies, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| While transferring from a ladder to the roof of a single-story house, an employee lost balance and fell 12 feet to the ground, breaking an ankle. | |||||
| 2017-09-29 | Hobe Sound | Florida | STEADFAST STORM SYSTEMS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was installing hurricane shutters when a metal reel fell and struck the employee's right hand, crushing the index finger. The finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2017-04-11 | Hobe Sound | Florida | JENKINS LANDSCAPE COMPANY | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was unloading equipment (sod cutter) using a boom when the employee was struck by the equipment resulting in a fractured left leg and ankle. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Hobe Sound | Florida | Waste Management | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On or about 3/31/2015, at 9:40 a.m., an employee was picking up garbage. The employee was walking toward a garbage can when he slipped and fell on his back. Coworkers helped him up and kept working until the employee fell again and could not get back up on his feet. He was hospitalized. | |||||