Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-21	Lake Mary	Fl	All States Lighting Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was coming down in his basket after working on a light pole when a tree branch hit his up controller causing the bucket to jolt and throw him out of the bucket and onto the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung as well as a fractured foot and leg.
2021-01-11	Lake Mary	Fl	U.S. Postal Service	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
On January 11, 2021, an employee was driving a tow motor when it went off the side of a truck. The employee was pinned between the truck and a compactor, suffered a spleen injury, and was hospitalized.
2020-09-12	Lake Mary	Fl	Bridgestone Retail Operations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A metal grate slipped off an item that was being used to hold it up. It fell onto an employee's left hand, amputating the tip of the middle finger.
2020-03-19	Lake Mary	Florida	TRANSFORM LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking to the sink to wash his hands when he slipped and fell on the floor. He was hospitalized with injuries to his lower back and hip.
2019-05-20	Lake Mary	Florida	BARTON MALOW COMPANY	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) to close the worksite gates. The UTV overturned and the employee was ejected from the vehicle. The employee suffered a broken nose.
2019-04-02	Lake Mary	Florida	JWA Contracting, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a roof to the ground and suffered a back injury.
2019-02-12	Lake Mary	Florida	Region Bank	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell breaking her femur.
2018-03-19	Lake Mary	Florida	Hoodz of Orlando	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cleaning a kitchen hood canopy. He put a plywood board on top of a boiling kettle to reach the hood but fell into the kettle, sustaining second degree burns to his left leg and buttock.
2018-02-06	Lake Mary	Florida	Collis Roofing, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
Two employees were part of a crew performing a re-roofing job (TPO type roofing work) at night. The building was 22.7 feet high (at the highest elevation) and was a single-story warehouse-type building with two roof elevations. The employees were on the highest roof elevation when a rough terrain forklift with a material handling wooden box on the forks was used to remove debris from the roof. The box was raised to the roof and the two employees got in the box to get a ride back to the ground. W
2017-02-02	Lake Mary	Florida	SMC Systems, Inc.	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was inspecting formwork for a residential house when he tripped over wire mesh and fractured his right arm, requiring overnight hospitalization.
2016-08-18	Lake Mary	Florida	Steppi Roofing Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While installing a stone veneer on a chimney, an employee fell approximately 8 feet from the roof, suffering a broken left ankle and wrist and a fractured pelvis. The employee was hospitalized.
2016-08-17	Lake Mary	Florida	Commercial Print Group, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was moving a part while a die-cutting machine was idle when his hand slipped underneath the machine and struck the chain and sprocket, partially amputating his left-hand pinky fingertip and nail.
2016-07-06	Lake Mary	Florida	Progressive Communications International Inc	Multiple body parts	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee had been picking up chip boards weighing 30 pounds for 3 minutes to help with job setup when he began to feel a tingling on the right side of his body, requiring hospitalization.