Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-25 | Pahokee | Fl | Big 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. | |||||
2021-09-21 | Pahokee | Fl | Abf Freight System, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck 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. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Pahokee | Florida | Valley Produce Harvesting & Hauling Co. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized after he fainted in a sugar cane field due to heat stress. | |||||
2019-02-05 | Pahokee | Florida | Thalle 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. | |||||
2017-10-05 | Pahokee | Florida | OSCEOLA FARMS CO | Leg(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. | |||||
2017-06-28 | Pahokee | Florida | MPW Industrial Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck 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. | |||||
2016-09-01 | Pahokee | Florida | JOHNSON - DAVIS INCORPORATED | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2016-03-18 | Pahokee | Florida | OSCEOLA FARMS COMPANY | Finger(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. | |||||
2015-09-16 | Pahokee | Florida | Labor Finders of Clewiston | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure 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. |