Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-26 | Miami Beach | Fl | CA LINDMAN OF SOUTH FLORIDA, LLC | Scalp | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working on a two-tier frame scaffold when they fell to the ground, resulting in a laceration to the middle and back of the head. | |||||
2021-06-14 | Miami Beach | Fl | Weller Workforce LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was checking why a fire exit door was not closing properly. When he moved a protruding piece of metal hardware, the door closed on his right thumb and amputated the tip at the nail. | |||||
2021-06-01 | North Miami Beach | Fl | Publix Super Market Store #1017 | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
An employee was stocking product in his work area when a family member entered the store and stabbed the employee in the neck with a knife. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
2021-02-13 | Miami Beach | Fl | Miami Beach Watersports Center, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was walking down some stairs when he fell, landing on his back. He suffered back and rib injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-26 | Miami Beach | Fl | Premier Oracle Elevator | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee removed the protective covering of the elevator brake (brake cap). The brake coil sleeve got caught on the brake plunger and the employee lost his balance. The brake cap, which is a heavy piece of cast metal, fell onto the employee's right hand, breaking his thumb. The injury required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-01-11 | Miami Beach | Fl | JC & A Electrical Contractors, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing electrical conduit from a 12-foot A-frame ladder. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered a broken right ankle. | |||||
2020-10-08 | Miami Beach | Fl | MILA Miami LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was carrying a pot with hot oil and tripped on a grill that was lying on the kitchen floor. Hot oil splashed on the employee resulting in burns to the face, eyes, right leg, and both hands. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Miami Beach | Fl | Best Roofing Services LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working on a roof and started to feel dizzy. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2020-05-12 | Miami Beach | Florida | RELIABLE CONCRETE CUTTING, LLC | Foot (feet) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was operating a concrete saw. The saw kicked back and landed on his foot, causing a laceration to the top of the foot that required surgery. | |||||
2020-02-03 | Miami Beach | Florida | Fisher Island Day School | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a leaf blower when the rotor cut her left index finger. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-17 | North Miami Beach | Florida | Stella Pool Maintenance LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was loading chemicals into a pickup when he slipped and fell to the ground. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-05-04 | Miami Beach | Florida | Tekton Construction Corporation | Head and trunk | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee was siphoning curing compound and inadvertently swallowed some, causing him to vomit. The employee was hospitalized with mouth and stomach pain. | |||||
2019-03-04 | Miami Beach | Florida | Everlast Drywall Construction, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on a bakers scaffold finishing drywall. The platform shifted and he fell approximately 7 feet to the ground below and broke his left ankle. | |||||
2019-02-25 | North Miami Beach | Florida | OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE OF FLORIDA, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell while coming out of a walk-in refrigerator, suffering six broken ribs. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Miami Beach | Florida | TEKTON CONSTRUCTION, CORP. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was descending a jobsite-made ladder when he slipped and fell, breaking his right ankle. | |||||
2018-09-12 | Miami Beach | Florida | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and fell to the floor while walking down a hallway, suffering a right hip fracture. | |||||
2018-03-26 | Miami Beach | Florida | LA GORCE COUNTRY CLUB, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a blower as a vacuum to pick up broken glass when the nozzle became loose. He turned off the equipment and as he was trying to secure the nozzle, his left ring finger made contact with the blower fan, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-02-21 | Miami Beach | Florida | Firstservice Residential Florida, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was handing a bag of landscaping debris to a second employee when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back and shortly thereafter could not move. He was hospitalized with a muscle strain/pull. | |||||
2018-02-13 | Miami Beach | Florida | Castle Management | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was attempting to cross to the main entrance roof from the 2nd floor hallway to perform pressure wash work. While climbing a railing, the employee fell approximately four feet to the main entrance roof resulting in a right arm and wrist fracture. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2017-10-07 | Miami Beach | Florida | Florida Power & Light Company | Face | Direct exposure to electricity |
On 10/07/2017, an employee received first degree arc flash burns to his face, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-14 | Miami Beach | Florida | FIRSTSERVICE RESIDENTIAL, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a large planter while clearing storm debris, hitting the floor and breaking six ribs. | |||||
2017-08-29 | Miami Beach | Florida | TASCO PLUMBING & MECHANICAL SERVICES CORPORATION | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee suffered burns to their arm from an electrical distribution panel while replacing an overcurrent device. The panel was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2017-07-21 | North Miami Beach | Florida | G&E Florida Contractors | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving forms when his left hand was caught between a shear wall form and an aluminum beam. His left pinky and ring fingers were lacerated. | |||||
2017-06-06 | Miami Beach | Florida | FISHER ISLAND CLUB, INC | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
On June 6, 2017, at about 11:30 a.m., an employee was dusting on a stairway when he slipped and fell down the stairs, breaking his right foot. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-04-21 | Miami Beach | Florida | The Robins & Morton Group | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
On 4/21/2017 at 11:30 a.m., an employee was using a circular saw to cut a 2x4 when his hand contacted the blade resulting in lacerations and a fracture of his left index finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair the fractured finger and tendon damage. | |||||
2017-01-05 | Miami Beach | Florida | Shoreline Foundation, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
An employee was trying to grab a small piece a wood that was being cut with a circular saw when his left hand contacted the blade, lacerating his index finger. | |||||
2016-09-09 | North Miami Beach | Florida | MWI Corporation | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was struck by a 70-pound flange that fell off a passing forklift, sustaining a broken right fibula. | |||||
2016-08-17 | Miami Beach | Florida | LAYTON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee received a deep laceration on his thumb while using a circular saw to cut wood. | |||||
2016-08-17 | Miami Beach | Florida | CARONI INTERIORS, INC. | Forehead | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a crate while drywalling, lacerating his eyebrow. | |||||
2016-08-10 | Miami Beach | Florida | Fisher Island Club, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On 8/10/16, at 12:15 p.m., an employee was riding a lawn mower on an incline when it rolled and fell 10 feet from a wall to the grass below. He fractured his left tibia and lacerated his head, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-04-18 | Miami Beach | Florida | Lanzo Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's right thumb was crushed while he was trying to prevent an excavator from falling. | |||||
2016-04-13 | Miami Beach | Florida | TECTA AMERICA SOUTH FLORIDA, INC | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was unclogging a hose used to spray roofing products when the chemicals in the hose sprayed into the employee's face and eye. | |||||
2016-04-02 | Miami Beach | Florida | GO-TILT CONSTRUCTION, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was coming down from a shoring scaffold that he was erecting when he lost his footing and fell 10.5 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured back. | |||||
2015-12-11 | Miami Beach | Florida | MLA SUPPLY & HOLDING LLC | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
A laborer was cutting down a piece of metal ductwork and cut his forearm. He was admitted to the hospital for stitches and treatment of a 6 inch laceration. | |||||
2015-10-14 | Miami Beach | Florida | Coda Roofing, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
A roofing employee slipped and fell from a 12 foot ladder resulting in internal injuries and possible fractures. | |||||
2015-10-12 | Miami Beach | Florida | Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell while providing rehab therapy to a patient. The employee fractured their right wrist. | |||||
2015-08-24 | Miami Beach | Florida | CA LINDMAN OF SOUTH FLORIDA, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee's leg got entangled in the tag line of the bucket used to haul debris. The bucket went up along with the employee and then the rope broke and the employee fell approximately 10 feet breaking a leg. | |||||
2015-05-22 | Miami Beach | Florida | Cuesta Construction Corp. | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
An employee was on a wooden structural wall pouring concrete when the machine started to malfunction. He jumped from the wall and broke a leg. | |||||
2015-03-06 | Miami Beach | Florida | CAPFORM, INC. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee's hand/fingers were crushed while positioning a wall form, which was being lifted into place by a crane. | |||||
2015-01-24 | Miami Beach | Florida | EB Construction | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A worker was chipping concrete off of a rebar when a big piece of concrete landed on his right ring finger. The worker was hospitalized with lacerations needing 10 stitches. | |||||
2015-01-08 | Miami Beach | Florida | FirstService Residential, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
The employee amputated her right pinky finger when a trash room door shut on her finger. |