Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-06	Lakeland	Fl	Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot fiberglass ladder, getting an empty box down from shelving in the stock room. The ladder tipped to the side and the employee fell to the floor, suffering broken ribs.
2021-10-27	Lakeland	Fl	PEPPERIDGE FARM INCORPORATED	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cleaning out the crumb tray of a dough divider machine when his finger became caught in a conveyor roller/belt. The employee sustained a broken finger and lacerations, which required stitches.
2021-09-30	Lakeland	Fl	ABC Supply Co, Inc.	Neck and back	Other fall to lower level
An employee was loading building materials onto a truck. As he stood in the bed, moving a knuckle boom crane's fork, the upright bar loosened and he fell off the truck. He suffered a neck/spinal fracture.
2021-08-31	Lakeland	Fl	Publix Super Markets, Inc.	Pelvis	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was using a pallet jack to move ice cream in the warehouse. When they made a right turn, the pallet jack struck a bollard. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
2021-08-30	Lakeland	Fl	Ring Roofing, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been performing roofing work and was hospitalized with a heat-related illness.
2021-08-30	Lakeland	Fl	Saddle Creek Corporation	Ankle(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was loading a trailer with a forklift. The product shifted and some items fell off the pallet that was on his forks. After he dismounted to pick up the product, the forklift's parking brake failed and the forklift rolled forward. The forks pinned his right ankle to the pallet, causing multiple fractures to the ankle.
2021-08-20	Lakeland	Fl	FHI, LLC	Thoracic region	Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
An employee was entering a trailer to unload it. The truck pulled forward and the lift fell and got hung up by the trailer and the dock plate. The employee suffered a fracture to the T12 vertebra and was hospitalized.
2021-07-20	Lakeland	Fl	J & J Family Moving & Storage LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee developed heat stress/dehydration and collapsed while moving household furniture.
2021-07-19	Lakeland	Fl	SE INDEPENDENT DELIVERY SERVICES, INC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was driving an industrial yard truck to move semi-trailers in the yard. He was hooking the airlines of a trailer with his foot on a step when he lost his footing and fell off the side of the truck, about 36 inches, onto the asphalt/concrete ground. The employee stuck his head on the asphalt/concrete and suffered a brain bleed as well as cuts and scratches. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-13	Lakeland	Fl	Publix Supermarkets, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee slipped or tripped and fell on the floor, resulting in a fractured left hip.
2021-06-29	Lakeland	Fl	Alaso U.S.A., Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a brake press and amputated their left thumb tip.
2021-06-26	Lakeland	Fl	Robert Binns Roofing, Inc.	Buttock(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was heading to the ground from a 10-foot-high awning using a 28-foot extension ladder that was tied to the building. When the employee was about 8 feet from the ground, they fell off the ladder and landed on top of shrubs. A piece of branch from the shrubs pierced the employee's buttocks, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-06-02	Lakeland	Fl	Finzer Roller, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a CNC lathe to finish-grind a small urethane roll. His right hand contacted the rotating grinding wheel and was pulled in. He suffered amputations to the ring fingertip (at the first knuckle) and the middle finger (at the second knuckle).
2021-05-31	Lakeland	Fl	Flowers Baking Co.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder and was hospitalized.
2021-04-10	Lakeland	Fl	Gruma Corporation	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At 12:06 a.m. on April 10, 2021, an employee was preparing tortilla dough for a machine that routinely dropped dough onto a cast pan. While the employee was pulling out the cast pan, the machine's arm struck his hand. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to alleviate pressure.
2021-03-15	Lakeland	Fl	Rooms To Go Distribution Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was backing up a tow tractor. The tips of the employee's right middle, ring, and little fingers were caught between the tow tractor and a roof support pole, causing partial amputations to those fingers.
2021-03-04	Lakeland	Fl	Keymark Corporation of Florida	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was repairing a clamp whose pin had become compromised and attempting to clean a sensor. The clamp closed into the material, pinching the employee's right index finger and causing an amputation to the fingertip.
2021-02-16	Lakeland	Fl	TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee fell while loading square haybales into a trailer. The employee suffered a fracture to the tibia at the knee.
2021-02-11	Lakeland	Fl	M. AYALA TILE, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was prepping the floor using an angle grinder to cut a door jam. The grinder kicked back and struck his left hand causing an amputation to the ring finger and a laceration on the index and ring fingers.
2020-08-05	Lakeland	Fl	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.	Trunk	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. During a turn in an aisle, her torso struck against racking and she suffered fractures. She was hospitalized.
2020-08-03	Lakeland	Fl	ASR Staffing Solutions, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was operating a horizontal band saw when his hand got caught in the vice that held the piece to be cut. The employee was hospitalized for a muscular injury and swelling in their hand.
2020-07-27	Lakeland	Florida	HIGH TOWER ROOFING & CONTRACTING, LLC	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was performing repairs on a 15-foot high roof when he fell off, hitting his head on a traffic arm box while falling to the ground. He sustained a head injury.
2020-07-27	Lakeland	Florida	Greystar Real Estate Partners	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking on a concrete block wall near a trash compactor. The employee fell from the wall to the ground, suffering a broken rib, broken left wrist, and bleeding around the kidneys. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-09	Lakeland	Florida	Arbor Oaks at Lakeland Hills	Multiple body parts	Small-scale (limited) fire
An employee had been cooking. After throwing water on a pan fire, he fell to the floor. The pan and hot grease fell on top of him resulting in second degree burns to the face, arm, and neck.
2020-06-10	Lakeland	Florida	Publix Super Markets, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working to free a trailer's roll-up door that was stuck. He grabbed a panel on the door and applied force in the opposite direction. The panel came free from the track and the momentum caused the employee to fall down onto his right side resulting in a fractured leg.
2020-06-10	Lakeland	Florida	HIGH TOWER ROOFING & CONTRACTING LLC	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While removing the roof of a mobile home, an employee fell approximately 10 feet from the roof to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a strained lower back.
2020-06-09	Lakeland	Florida	Weber Environmental Services, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was doing lawn care work when, suffering from heat stress, he began vomiting and suffered cramping in his feet.
2020-02-18	Lakeland	Florida	Pepperidge Farm Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 02/18/2020, at 9:15 a.m., an employee was working on a packaging line that was feeding film when product started jamming. As he attempted to get a better visual of the heat cramp sealer, his right hand was pulled into the heat cramp sealer area, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation. The heat cramp sealer was unguarded at the time of the incident.
2020-02-14	Lakeland	Florida	CLYDE JOHNSON CONTRACTING & ROOFING, INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was on a roof when he tripped on a skylight and fell backwards to the roof surface, breaking his ankle.
2020-02-03	Lakeland	Florida	Source Refrigeration, Inc	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing a stepladder on a trailer. The employee fell from the ladder to the ground about 3 feet below, suffering a fracture near the right eye, a broken pelvis, and broken ribs.
2020-01-29	Lakeland	Florida	ALL PRO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC.	Eye(s)	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
An employee got onto a roof and was in the process of installing his anchor to the roof when he slipped down the side of the roof (two stories) and fell to the ground, fracturing his left orbital bones.
2020-01-12	Lakeland	Florida	Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC	Upper extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a battery charging machine. His arm was pinched by a lever and suffered muscle and tendon damage. He was hospitalized.
2019-08-28	Lakeland	Florida	Scott Lake Health and Rehabilitation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was closing a roof hatch when it closed on his right hand, resulting in a right hand pointer fingertip amputation and fracture.
2019-08-24	Lakeland	Florida	CROWN ELECTRIC, INC	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was replacing lighting fixtures at a customer's location. The circuit to the section where the employee was working was de-energized, but one fixture was incorrectly tied to a separate circuit, resulting in an electrical shock to the employee.
2019-08-05	Lakeland	Florida	High Tech Granite Incorporated	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a router with a diamond bit to cut a granite slab. While the tool was running, the diamond outer shell broke and a piece of the broken router bit struck another employee in the eye.
2019-08-01	Lakeland	Florida	SADDLE CREEK CORPORATION	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was exiting his truck when he slipped on the ground which was wet from rain and slid down the incline against a retaining wall. He suffered a broken left hip.
2019-07-25	Lakeland	Florida	Tampa Maid Foods, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a rag to wipe off the motor of a running blower when the rag was pulled into the blower. He was trying to remove the rag when his left hand contacted the blower fan blades, resulting in a left index finger amputation.
2019-07-06	Lakeland	Florida	Keymark Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employees were moving a cart full of metal product. One of the employees was pushing the cart when his left little finger was caught between the cart and the product and partially amputated.
2019-06-18	Lakeland	Florida	Wal-Mart Stores East, LP	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was exiting a scissor lift and fell 2.5 to 3 feet to the concrete ground, suffering a broken left wrist and hip.
2019-06-18	Lakeland	Florida	Sunniland Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became dehydrated and suffered heat exhaustion while delivering shingle pallets to a roof.
2019-06-10	Lakeland	Florida	HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Ltd.	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
While unloading a truck, an employee saw a pallet falling over and tried to stop it. The pallet fell on the employee's left thigh, causing a contusion.
2019-05-06	Lakeland	Florida	SADDLE CREEK CORPORATION	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was securing a trailer to the dock to unload products. The employee engaged the dock lock and extended the manual dock plate. The plate did not go down when the employee stepped on it. The employee then used a stand-up lift to lower the plate. The employee backed the lift towards the dock and his left foot was caught between the stand-up lift and the dock plate. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his left toe requiring surgery.
2019-04-22	Lakeland	Florida	Rooms To Go	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee stumbled and fell on the concrete floor, fracturing her right knee. She was hospitalized.
2019-04-19	Lakeland	Florida	Southern Milling & Lumber, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's thumb was amputated by a chain under a conveyor belt.
2019-04-15	Lakeland	Florida	COCA-COLA BEVERAGES FLORIDA, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was trying to free a dock plate when his right hand was caught between the surface and the dock plate. The top of the hand was lacerated and the little, ring, and middle fingers were broken.
2019-03-29	Lakeland	Florida	Seaco National Corp	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
A temporary employee was standing on a truck loading gate when the employee fell to the ground, fracturing an ankle.
2019-03-10	Lakeland	Florida	Publix	Hand(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was moving a cart when a pole hit her hand, breaking and lacerating it.
2019-01-31	Lakeland	Florida	Bass Enterprises, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
A dump truck tailgate was elevated, wedged, and would not work correctly. An employee tried to free the tailgate by removing a clump of clay when the tailgate came down and pinched his left middle and ring fingers, amputating them below the nail.
2018-09-17	Lakeland	Florida	Robinson Fans, Inc. - Florida Facility	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was standing at a table when a cart of metal plates came by and some plates fell off, causing him to stumble backwards, trip over a pallet, and hit his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with head trauma and a concussion.
2018-09-12	Lakeland	Florida	Keymark Corporation of Florida	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting metal with a radial arm saw when the material kicked back, causing the back of the employee's hand to touch the sawblade. The employee suffered a laceration.
2018-09-06	Lakeland	Florida	Wastequip Manufacturing Company LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was standing in a breezeway near a roll-off paint booth taking photos of sub-assemblies when a forklift struck the right side of his body. He suffered a lacerated kidney and contusions.
2018-08-31	Lakeland	Florida	Publix Super Market, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell to the floor while walking down stairs, suffering a broken left ankle.
2018-08-13	Lakeland	Florida	Hardenman Landscape Nursery, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to remove a shirt that fell between the seat and motor of mowing equipment when the motor caught and lacerated his right hand.
2018-07-06	Lakeland	Florida	Bristol Environmental, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working from a Baker scaffold, cutting a steel ceiling joist. Part of the joist fell, striking the scaffold; the employee lost his balance and fell 4 feet to the floor, breaking his right ankle.
2018-06-26	Lakeland	Florida	Lake Morton Plaza	BODY SYSTEMS	Fire
An employee suffered smoke inhalation during a building fire and was hospitalized.
2018-05-09	Lakeland	Florida	HIS Cabinetry Inc.	Forearm(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was working from a ladder using a grinder when he slipped and cut his left forearm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-03-30	Lakeland	Florida	ITW Professional Automative Products	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was cleaning the production floor with acidic chemicals. He was pouring the chemical into a bucket to dilute it when it entered a hole in his glove and contacted his finger, causing a second degree burn that required hospitalization and a skin graft.
2018-02-21	Lakeland	Florida	Southern Milling & Lumber, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a saw to cut wood when his left hand contacted the running blade, cutting his ring finger and resulting in an amputation.
2018-02-20	Lakeland	Florida	Haverty Furniture Company, Inc.	Heart	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee was unloading a truck when he began feeling sick. He was taken to the hospital where he suffered a heart attack.
2018-02-03	Lakeland	Florida	Publix Super Markets, Inc.	Heart	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee was cleaning the floor in the security post when he began having pain that radiated from his neck down his left arm. The employee suffered a heart attack.
2017-10-17	Lakeland	Florida	WASTEQUIP MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a 6-foot platform ladder while attempting to get his welding wire to feed properly through his weld wire feeder. He fell off the ladder and landed on the hook of a torch cutting station stand, suffering a laceration that was approximately 5 inches long and required surgery.
2017-09-15	Lakeland	Florida	Natural Advantage LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion
An employee was cleaning a reactor when an explosion occurred. The employee was hospitalized with second and third degree burns to the neck, shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers.
2017-08-03	Lakeland	Florida	B L Smith Electric Inc	Brain	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While placing a cover on an electrical box, an employee fell off an 8-foot stepladder and hit his head on the floor.
2017-07-14	Lakeland	Florida	Saddle Creek	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was reversing a power pallet jack when he was struck by a forklift, fracturing his legs and requiring hospitalization.
2017-07-05	Lakeland	Florida	Bob's Welding Fabrication & Maintenance, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a corner notching machine to notch steel when the steel rolled up, causing the employee's right ring fingertip to be caught and amputated between the steel and the machine.
2017-06-15	Lakeland	Florida	Lawns South of Lakeland LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee was stepping off a mower when it ran over his left foot and cut it.
2017-06-03	Lakeland	Florida	Florida Presbyterian Homes, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other exertions or bodily reactions
An employee was helping a coworker roll a patient to the side to insert a harness for a lift. The employee grabbed the side rail, pushed backward, lost balance, and then felt pain in the back down to the lower left extremities. The employee was hospitalized overnight for a back sprain/strain.
2017-05-23	Lakeland	Florida	Buckeye Diamond Logistics	Nonclassifiable	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was shoveling mulch and collapsed and was hospitalized.
2017-05-09	Lakeland	Florida	Highland Holdings Inc	Head	Fall on same level
An employee was walking at a site and fell resulting in a head laceration and hospitalization.
2017-04-26	Lakeland	Florida	Layne	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On April 25, 2017 at 10:30 a.m., two employees were installing a fire hose on a fire hydrant for washing piping when a car ran over the hose, causing it to become lodged under the car. The hose and water meter were pulled from the hydrant and struck the employees, knocking them to the ground. One employee was hospitalized for a laceration to the back of his head, bleeding on the brain, and a fractured right ankle.
2017-04-19	Lakeland	Florida	Keymark Corporation of Lakeland	Hand(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transporting a pump used with hydrofluoric acid in a box. He was attempting to stop the pump from tipping over when he contacted the pump's acid residue, suffering chemical burns to his hand that required hospitalization.
2017-03-30	Lakeland	Florida	T & R Painting Specialists, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing precast concrete fence panels when a panel fell onto his right hand, crushing his right index, middle and ring fingers.
2017-03-22	Lakeland	Florida	Rita Temporaries, Inc./Rita Staffing	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was removing a part from a neck down machine when the machine was activated via the foot control. His left middle fingertip was then caught and amputated in the machine's nip point.
2017-03-22	Lakeland	Florida	J.P. Lamborn Co.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to adjust the print plate on a printer machine when his left ring and middle fingers were caught between the machine's rollers. His left ring fingertip was amputated, and his middle finger was lacerated. The machine was unguarded at the time.
2017-03-16	Lakeland	Florida	Lakeway Publishers, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was shutting down the stacker machine and amputated the right ring finger to the first joint when the machine caught his finger between the belt and the gear.
2017-02-20	Lakeland	Florida	Parry's Lawn and Landscape, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was trimming palm branches when a falling branch struck him in the back and punctured a lung.
2016-10-20	Lakeland	Florida	Tremron Cement and Pavement	Ankle(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
As the employee was getting off the conveyor, he braced himself on the forks of the carriage system, the forks came down striking him and fracturing the left ankle.
2016-08-27	Lakeland	Florida	Publix Supermarket # 352	Pelvis	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking and tripped and fell forward breaking his pelvis.
2016-08-24	Lakeland	Florida	Publix	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell and hit their head resulting in hospitalization for a concussion and head trauma.
2016-08-19	Lakeland	Florida	Sumpter Enterprises, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee who was cleaning the parking lot area was struck by a customer's vehicle.
2016-08-03	Lakeland	Florida	B L Smith Electric Inc	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee on a ladder was shocked while installing circuits in an electrical junction box. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered a head injury, requiring hospitalization.
2016-07-28	Lakeland	Florida	Pallet Depot, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's middle finger was partially amputated while using a table saw, requiring reattachment surgery.
2016-07-13	Lakeland	Florida	Bray Sales, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was assembling/testing an automated two-inch ball valve actuator. He put his finger in for alignment and released the air and his left middle finger was partially amputated (partial bone, on the tip of the finger).
2016-06-08	Lakeland	Florida	Publix	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift and sustained a fractured ankle.
2016-03-23	Lakeland	Florida	Advanced Autoparts	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was using a motorized pallet jack to move cardboard recycling bins. While the employee was steering, the jack became stuck and pinned the employee's ankle to the storage racks. The employee suffered a broken tibia/fibula.
2016-03-07	Lakeland	Florida	Tucker Construction & Engineering, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
While replacing roof sheet metal, an employee fell approximately 26 feet from the roof, to the top of a forklift, and then to the concrete ground, suffering a broken leg.
2016-02-24	Lakeland	Florida	Lakeland Regional Health Systems. Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee went into a food preparation room when she tripped on a rug, causing her to fall and fracture her right femur.
2016-01-24	Lakeland	Florida	Cruz Walter Pena LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was installing tile flooring on the second floor of a new construction residential townhouse. The employee brought a generator inside the townhouse and left it on the first floor with the front door open, but the door was later closed by the wind. The employee started to feel nauseous and dizzy and eventually lost consciousness. He was hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning.
2015-12-18	Lakeland	Florida	Lakeland Regional Health Ventures, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee had an asthmatic reaction caused by another person's strong cologne.
2015-11-23	Lakeland	Florida	Lakeland Regional Health	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee walked into the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) room and began wheezing, causing an emergency response to be initiated. Bleach is suspected to have caused the wheezing.
2015-11-15	Lakeland	Florida	Tremron Lakeland, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee suffered several broken vertebrae after being struck by a "cuber" machine while repositioning brick pavers on a board.
2015-10-14	Lakeland	Florida	American Environmental Container Corp.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the bottom rung of a four foot ladder using a pneumatic sander on the bottom of a fiberglass swimming pool and fell, striking his left hip on a five gallon bucket.
2015-10-06	Lakeland	Florida	Pepperidge Farm Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning equipment using the central vacuum hose. The hose was not working properly. The employee tried to troubleshoot the issue and reached underneath the rotary feeder catching his finger on the blade and amputating the tip of his right index finger.
2015-09-29	Lakeland	Florida	Lakeland Regional Health Ventures, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While an employee was holding an air conditioner blower shaft to change the belt, his left hand slipped. His left index finger got caught by the air conditioner blade, amputating his fingertip.
2015-08-19	Lakeland	Florida	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After performing mail carrier tasks, an employee suffered from heat stress/exhaustion.
2015-07-27	Lakeland	Florida	Robinson Fans, Inc. - Florida Facility	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was rolling a door casing to form the door when his left hand got pinched between metal rollers, injuring his left index finger. He was hospitalized, and his finger was medically amputated.
2015-07-13	Lakeland	Florida	Labor Finders	Upper extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was working next to a conveyor belt. His hand was caught in the rotating roller which pulled his arm through up to his elbow. He was hospitalized for damage to his tendons as well as abrasions.
2015-06-27	Lakeland	Florida	Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
At the Respiratory Care Services area, an employee experienced respiratory distress from exposure to bleach.
2015-06-01	Lakeland	Florida	Simplex Grinnell	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was standing on the fifth rung of an A-step ladder while installing a piece of plywood to the ceiling. The plywood slipped off his hands and pushed him back, causing him to lose his balance and fall on the ground. He broke the lower portion of his right leg.
2015-05-05	Lakeland	Florida	Metaltek International SMCI Division	Hand(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was changing the top die on the 12-foot press when the die holder became loose. The ram and assembly dropped about 10 inches onto the employee's hands. He was hospitalized with a fractured right hand.