DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-10-25PahokeeFlBig Lake Planting, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Fall, slip, trip
An employee was climbing into a sugarcane whole stock seed cutter. He slipped on its steps, fell, and reached out to catch himself. A chain on the seed cutter lacerated his index, middle, and ring fingers.
2021-09-21PahokeeFlAbf Freight System, Inc.Multiple body partsStruck by powered vehicle-nontransport
While performing a delivery, an employee was at the rear of a trailer, strapping a crate. A backhoe's bucket dropped on the employee's head and shoulder area.
2019-09-05PahokeeFloridaValley Produce Harvesting & Hauling Co.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized after he fainted in a sugar cane field due to heat stress.
2019-02-05PahokeeFloridaThalle Construction Company, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping to unload metal sheet panels from a truck. A panel sat on a piece of wood and the wood broke crushing the employee's right pinky, ring and middle fingers.
2017-10-05PahokeeFloridaOSCEOLA FARMS COLeg(s)Nonclassifiable
On 10/05/2017, an employee was attempting to open the hatch of a sugar beam/tank while using an 18-inch pipe wrench for leverage when he broke his leg, requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-28PahokeeFloridaMPW Industrial ServicesBack, including spine, spinal cordStruck by discharged object or substance
An employee was cleaning industrial equipment with a high-pressure washer when the water stream contacted and lacerated his back.
2016-09-01PahokeeFloridaJOHNSON - DAVIS INCORPORATEDBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.
2016-03-18PahokeeFloridaOSCEOLA FARMS COMPANYFinger(s), fingernail(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
On 3/18/2016, two employees were changing a 1-3/4 inch screw for a mill support. While the first employee manually adjusted the nut on the screw, the second employee proceeded to adjust the screw with a pneumatic drill, injuring the first employee by crushing his right hand thumb between the nut and the mill support surface.
2015-09-16PahokeeFloridaLabor Finders of ClewistonBODY SYSTEMSExposure to electricity
On or about 9/16/15 at 11:20 am, a temporary employee at Osceola Farms was performing water blasting operations inside a tank when was shocked. The employee was hospitalized after complaining of chest pain.