Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-11 | Leesburg | Fl | Avante At Leesburg, Inc. | Lumbar region | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode |
An employee injured their lower left back while pushing a patient in a wheelchair. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Leesburg | Fl | DENLYN, INC. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell in the hallway, resulting in an injury to her right wrist that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2020-09-15 | Leesburg | Al | KTH Leesburg Products | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was sharpening a belt on a lathe. The employee sustained a broken wrist when their hand was caught in the machine. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Leesburg | Florida | Lewis Tree Service | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was driving a company vehicle (bucket truck). As they passed by a convenience store, they were struck in the neck by a stray bullet that may have been shot as part of a shootout that occurred at the convenience store. | |||||
2019-08-11 | Leesburg | Alabama | Prince Minerals, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was dumping a trip hopper. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the forks of the forklift and the trip hopper, causing an amputation at the first joint. | |||||
2019-05-01 | Leesburg | Florida | Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A maintenance employee was transporting a pizza oven to a truck using a cart. The oven slipped from the cart during transport and hit the employee's leg. The employee suffered lacerations and cut tendons in the calf area. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2019-03-04 | Leesburg | Ohio | Candle-Lite Co. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice in a parking lot and fell to the ground, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
2018-06-22 | Leesburg | Alabama | KTH Leesburg Products LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a manufacturing robot. A drive belt and pulley caught the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Leesburg | Florida | Gulf Mechanical Contractors, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was helping unload a delivery truck while an all-terrain forklift was being used to remove a stuck side gate from the truck. The forklift began to raise the gate, which was caught on a pallet. The gate came loose from the pallet and struck the employee under the chin resulting in a broken jaw. | |||||
2018-05-16 | Leesburg | Florida | BrightView Landscape Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
Employees were troubleshooting equipment. An employee's right ring and pinky fingers were between the belt and pulley when the stuck pulley activated resulting in lacerations. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Leesburg | Florida | Dura Stress, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was pulling steel cables when one of the cables under tension broke loose and injured both of the employee's hands. | |||||
2018-01-16 | Leesburg | Florida | Dura Stress | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell off a concrete form while hooking it to a crane, hitting the ground and injuring the left arm. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Leesburg | Florida | American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was driving an ambulance when a coworker used a disinfecting product in the vehicle. The employee had an asthma attack and required hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-19 | Leesburg | Florida | Express Counters | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was helping to move a slab of granite when a forklift ran over his right foot, breaking three toes. | |||||
2016-10-06 | Leesburg | Alabama | KTH Leesburg Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While pushing a basket with steel frames, an employee came in close proximity to a pole with a cage around it. The employee's finger was caught and amputated between the pole and the basket. | |||||
2016-08-18 | Leesburg | Florida | The Middlesex Corporation | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone |
An employee was operating a paving machine and was backing up in a closed lane when a truck swerved into the closed lane. The truck's side mirror struck the employee knocking him to the ground. He struck his head on the pavement, and the truck ran over his right wrist fracturing it. | |||||
2016-08-08 | Leesburg | Florida | B2B Wireless Systems | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was trying to readjust a trailer hitch when the employee's finger was caught and partially amputated between the trailer hitch and the ball of the truck. | |||||
2016-05-17 | Leesburg | Florida | Dura-Stress, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While setting metal forms, an employee's right index and middle fingers were caught and amputated between the forms. | |||||
2016-02-25 | Leesburg | Florida | Innovative Senior Care Home Health of Ocala | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was leaving a patient's home and tripped and fell injuring her left knee. | |||||
2015-07-31 | Leesburg | Florida | ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell approximately 18 feet from a ladder. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs, a fractured clavicle, a collapsed lung, and numerous contusions and abrasions. | |||||
2015-05-26 | Leesburg | Georgia | Woodgrain Millwork, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was making an adjustment on KVAL door manufacturing equipment during which time his hand slipped off of a wrench and came in contact with the rotating, boring bit, causing the loss of skin and a bone on the back of his hand. | |||||
2015-04-27 | Leesburg | Florida | Craig Brown, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee fell while walking towards a gate, resulting in a concussion, brain swelling, and a spinal fracture. The cause of the fall is unknown. | |||||
2015-02-25 | Leesburg | Florida | Labor Ready | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking beside a crane, lost his balance, and slipped in the mud. He couldn't get out of the way and was run over by the crane's wheels, damaging both legs. The employee was hospitalized; the extent of damage was unknown at the time of reporting. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Leesburg | Florida | ABC Supply Co. Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 2/25/2015, an employee's left index finger was caught in a conveyor belt that was being used to move shingles to a rooftop and crushed but not severed. |