Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-19 | Hollywood | Fl | GREAT DANE PETROLEUM CONTRACTORS, INC. | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was in the cab of an excavator, using it to remove sheet pilings. The soil under the excavator gave way and the excavator fell on its right side. The employee suffered head, neck, and shoulder injuries. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Hollywood | Fl | William R. Nash, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was kneeling down to work on a condensate line. While his left hand was on the mid-rail section of a railing system, it popped out of the wall and he fell. He landed on a concrete slab on a lower level, suffering a broken bone in his left wrist, two broken bones in his right knee, and a torn ligament in his left knee. | |||||
2020-04-20 | Hollywood | Florida | Hollywood Woodwork Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was operating a table saw when the saw's power was cut. His right ring finger made contact with the saw as it was slowing down, and the fingertip was partially amputated. | |||||
2019-09-06 | Hollywood | Florida | Majestic Memory Care Center | Hip(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown |
On 9/06/2019, the injured employee was helping put a patient to bed with the help of two additional employees. The injured employee was knocked down by a patient, fell to the floor, and sustained a fractured hip. | |||||
2019-08-22 | Hollywood | Florida | DeZurik, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was tightening a thread inside a relief valve when both of the employee's hands were crushed and fractured by the compression collar. | |||||
2019-05-28 | Hollywood | Florida | Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
An employee fell to the ground when his boot lace became entangled on the fuel delivery hose fitting connected to the underground fuel tank. The employee suffered a torn right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). | |||||
2019-02-19 | Hollywood | Florida | D & D WELDING & FABRICATION, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping move and sort material at ground level using a hydraulic crane. A bundle of angle iron beams pinched and amputated three of his fingertips. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-01-18 | Hollywood | Florida | Interstate Complete Restoration and Construction | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was replacing the floor trim, using a pneumatic nail gun. A nail hit something and bounced back into his left eye. The employee sustained an eye injury requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Hollywood | Florida | Wash Depot Holdings | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was crossing a car wash conveyor when the rollers (which pushed the cars) caught her left foot. She suffered lacerations and broken bones, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Hollywood | Florida | Steel Fabricators, LLC. | Pelvic region | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was descending from a steel column when he became stuck on a protruding steel plate, suffering a laceration. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Hollywood | Florida | BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting a metal piece with a shear and suffered an amputation injury to the right thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-08-21 | Hollywood | Florida | Kindred Healthcare Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking into a supply closet when her lab coat became caught in the door and she began to fall. While falling, she attempted to catch herself and grabbed a door jam, lacerating her right pinky fingertip. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Hollywood | Florida | Commercial Forming Corp. South | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was rigging a crane with a panel. When the crane lifted the panel off the floor, another panel that was next to it fell on the employee, who suffered a broken leg and back fracture. | |||||
2018-03-30 | Hollywood | Florida | BM SCRAP & RECYCLE COLLECTORS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was feeding wires into a wire stripping machine when the employee's right hand was caught in the machine, lacerating two fingers. | |||||
2018-02-04 | Hollywood | Florida | Commercial Forming Corp. South | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was assembling formwork when a section of formwork fell to the side and struck the employee resulting in a broken leg. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Hollywood | Florida | SOUTHEAST CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION LLC | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
On 10/06/2017, an employee's left hand was struck by a coworker's forming hammer, amputating his middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-10-03 | Hollywood | Florida | FirstService Residential, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
An employee was moving a heavy umbrella box with six coworkers when one of the coworkers let go of the box. The weight then shifted toward the employee, injuring his back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-01 | Hollywood | Florida | BARREIRO CONCRETE CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was hospitalized overnight after being struck in the head, back and shoulder by a falling piece of sheet metal. | |||||
2017-07-13 | Hollywood | Florida | Building Air Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell 15 feet off a roof after servicing an HVAC unit. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Hollywood | Florida | Waste Pro of Florida, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was exiting the cab of a truck when he lost his balance and fell approximately 3 feet to the ground. He fractured his left lower leg and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2017-03-05 | Hollywood | Florida | Sun Terminals, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a golf cart and collided with a container trailer chassis. The employee was pinned beneath the chassis and was hospitalized for his injuries. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Hollywood | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. Store #88 | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was wrapping meat using a deli meat wrapping machine. The machine fell onto her right leg causing a laceration. | |||||
2016-04-16 | Hollywood | Florida | Crossmark | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was handing out food samples when she tripped over a customer's foot, fracturing her left femur and hip. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Hollywood | Florida | ROOF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was tarring a roof when he slipped and fell approximately 7 feet, suffering a cervical injury. | |||||
2015-10-22 | Hollywood | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. Store #88 | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
A truck driver completing his delivery at a store was closing the roll down door of the truck with his right hand and closed the door on his left hand. The employee fractured the middle finger on his left hand that required surgery to repair. | |||||
2015-09-10 | Hollywood | Florida | U S Postal Service | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was breaking down mail when her foot got tangled in plastic straps, causing her to fall and fracture her right shoulder and right knee. | |||||
2015-03-05 | Hollywood | Florida | CKS Packaging, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee cut his ring fingertip while operating a bottling machine, resulting in a finger amputation. | |||||
2015-01-20 | Hollywood | Florida | Target | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
Employee cut his finger while he was cleaning the meat slicer in the deli. |