| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-14 | Pinellas Park | Fl | Consolidated Resource Recovery Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was putting a tub grinder chain onto the teeth of an excavator hook when their left index finger was pinched by the chain, resulting in amputation of the finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-02 | Pinellas Park | Fl | YRC Freight | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On July 2, 2021, an employee had just finished loading his truck and was removing a dock plate when its hinge section partially amputated his left ring finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Pinellas Park | Fl | Carr & Sons Masonry, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was moving a mini-compactor to another work area. The employee was caught between a skid steer and the mini-compactor, resulting in a compound fracture of the lower right leg that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-09-10 | Pinellas Park | Fl | Contech Engineered Solutions LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was painting an 18-inch detention system manifold supported on a metal sawhorse. When the employee rolled the part from vertical to horizontal, the pipe side of the manifold slipped off his hand. His left ring finger was pinched between the pipe and the sawhorse and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-08-13 | Pinellas Park | Fl | LFI Ft. Pierce, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| A temporary employee passed out while flagging traffic at a road construction project. He sustained a heat related illness. | |||||
| 2020-04-04 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Madico, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had just started a coating line and lowered the rollers over the rod. The employee reached over the rod to tap it, in order to remove some air bubbles in the coating liquid. The sleeve of employee's cleanroom suit, along with his right arm, were pulled in between the idler and the film. The employee sustained a fractured right arm. | |||||
| 2020-03-04 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was loading a single, push-around manlift onto the lift-gate of a stake-body truck. The lift became unstable. While the employee attempted to stabilize it, he slipped and fell sustaining a severe laceration on his left shin. | |||||
| 2020-01-09 | Pinellas Park | Florida | ADVANCED PACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A pipe lining crew was using a hot water system to inflate a liner inside a pipe. Hot water and 6.5 pounds of pressure were added to invert the tubes inside the pipes. An employee was standing next to the tube when it burst at the seam, spraying hot water on the employee and causing second- and third-degree burns to the right side of his body. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-07 | Pinellas Park | Florida | M J SHORT & ASSOCIATES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An automotive technician was spinning a tire when his right middle finger got stuck between the rim and caliper. The fingertip was amputated and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-05 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Lakeshore Employment, Inc. | Heart | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| Two employees were trimming trees and bushes in a mobile home park when they both had heart attacks due to possible oleander bush poisoning. They were both hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-14 | Pinellas Park | Florida | H.I.S. CABINETRY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a table saw to cut material when the saw blade amputated his thumb. | |||||
| 2018-05-26 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Petco Animal Supply | Nonclassifiable | Struck against object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was grooming a dog when she got a hair splinter in her arm. The area became infected and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-02-17 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Sunshine Electric of Pinellas, Inc. | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| While taking down a light fixture, an employee fell about 7 feet from an A-frame ladder and broke both heels. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | Pinellas Park | Florida | ENERSYS ADVANCED SYSTEMS INC. | Hand(s) | Fire |
| An employee was inside a "dry room" at the press cell area. The room is environmentally controlled and a press is used to make heat pellets from powder. The powder is a flammable solid. The employee was cleaning the powder in the cell area with a broom and scoop and disposing of the powder at the satellite accumulation inside a fire cabinet. It is suspected that static electricity ignited the powder. The resulting fire burned both of the employee's hands. | |||||
| 2018-01-08 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Southeast Energy Consultants L.L.C | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell to the ground while using the restroom facilities, breaking the left femur. | |||||
| 2017-10-17 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Artworks Graphic and Design, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting materials using a saw when he lacerated his left thumb, requiring surgery. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-07-11 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Tophat Crane Service | Forehead | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee slipped and fell 10 feet while connecting steel beams, striking structural steel and the ground. The employee suffered a fractured forehead and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-04-21 | Pinellas Park | Florida | SCG Gracewood, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped on the wheel of a medication cart and fell to the floor, suffering a hip injury. | |||||
| 2016-04-11 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Kane's Furniture | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On or about 4/11/2016, an employee was helping to guide and signal a backing truck when he was struck by the truck, eventually requiring hospitalization for a back injury. | |||||
| 2015-07-09 | Pinellas Park | Florida | James Roofing Services, Inc | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a nail gun during a re-roof job at a condominium. Walking on the roof deck, the employee stepped on the rope and his ankle rolled. He fell on the roof deck and shot himself above the knee. | |||||
| 2015-04-21 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Software Galaxy Systems | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee's left finger was amputated while removing bolts from a scrapper. | |||||
| 2015-04-07 | Pinellas Park | Florida | Florida Safety Contractors | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| While unloading a trailer, the trailer shifted and hit the employee in the leg. | |||||