Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-27 | Palm Beach Gardens | Fl | Pike Electric, LLC | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
A crew was setting a utility pole when it contacted a primary power line. Two employees were holding the bottom of the pole. One of them suffered first- and second-degree burns to the right toe and heel. | |||||
2021-05-28 | Palm Beach Gardens | Fl | Ernesto Alvarez & Associates | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on a ladder installing a gutter and fell from the ladder onto the ground. The employee sustained a fractured foot. | |||||
2021-05-01 | Palm Beach Gardens | Fl | BON VIVANT OF FLORIDA, INC. | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
One employee struck another employee in the head, causing a concussion. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Palm Beach Gardens | Fl | Walgreens | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee went to crush a bug with her foot when she fell to the ground, sustaining a fracture to the right ankle. | |||||
2020-09-21 | Palm Beach Gardens | Fl | The Talbots Inc | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking through a store backroom when she slipped and fell on her knee. She was hospitalized for a fractured knee cap that required surgery. | |||||
2020-04-17 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | California Pizza Kitchen #062 | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
An employee was walking to a car to deliver food. She tripped over an uneven spot in the concrete and fell to the ground, suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
2020-04-12 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | Frenchmans Creek Inc. | Head | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee fell off a golf cart, striking his head on the ground and suffering a fracture. | |||||
2020-02-07 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | SOLARPRO, INC. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was on a 5-foot mobile platform removing window tint. He fell from the platform, suffering a broken fibula and a head injury that required seven stitches. | |||||
2019-09-05 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center | Foot (feet) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
An employee was maneuvering a hospital bed into an elevator when it ran over and injured his left foot. | |||||
2019-08-30 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | TROON GOLF, L.L.C. | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
On 8/30/2019, at approximately 11:20 AM, an employee was changing lightbulbs from a ladder when he fell 8 feet to the ground. He suffered a head laceration and concussion, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-01-23 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | Red Iron Assemblers | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee lost his balance while working on a roof installing metal sheet over metal joists. He fell 14 feet landing on the ground and suffering a fracture. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | R & S Assembly, Inc. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
On April 26, 2017, an employee was performing rescreening repair on the roof of a screened enclosure when he lost his footing and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized for a head injury, broken ribs, and a spinal injury. | |||||
2017-01-30 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | Florida Power & Light Company | Face | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee tapping in a set of electrical cables into the secondary side of a pad mounted transformer received second and third degree burns to the face when an arc flash occurred. | |||||
2016-10-21 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | United Forming, Inc. | Multiple pelvic region locations | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
While performing form work, an employee fell 14 feet down with the form. The form fell on top of the employee, causing a broken sacrum and pubic bone. | |||||
2015-12-22 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | Turner Roofing Inc | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee working with a circular saw cutting lumber cut his wrist. | |||||
2015-04-26 | Palm Beach Gardens | Florida | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee working in the bakery department amputated her right hand index finger while she was operating a large mixer. |