Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-13 | Margate | Fl | Florida Power & Light Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
On 6/13/2021, an employee was hospitalized after making contact with secondary voltage in a pad mounted transformer and receiving an electric shock. | |||||
2020-05-15 | Margate | Florida | Fergus Enterprises | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
While carrying boxes filled with plumbing stock, an employee tripped and fell. His left elbow struck the floor and was shattered. | |||||
2019-09-01 | Margate | Florida | CSL Plasma | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee lost consciousness due to exposure to dry ice vapors while moving plasma to a dry ice freezer. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-11 | Margate | Florida | POTTER'S PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was struck by lightning as he was returning to his car to seek shelter. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Margate | Florida | BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
Two employees were placing cable while working from a line truck with an attached reel carrier. The injured employee was observing the reel as it was taking in pulling tape when the reel bar came around and smashed his left hand between the lifter and the bar. His thumb was injured and required surgery. | |||||
2017-03-14 | Margate | Florida | Lennar Corporation | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder cutting a piece of wood that was inside an attic access. The ladder slipped out from under him and he fell breaking his right arm. | |||||
2016-02-26 | Margate | Florida | Infinity Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee fell 18 feet from a ladder to the ground while working on a roof. | |||||
2016-01-04 | Margate | Florida | Thales Builders Corp | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employee working on the roof of a three-story building fell and fractured his humerus and hips. |