Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-16 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Tropical Shipping USA, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was working from the ground, helping as a crane placed cargo loaded on flat racks onto a road chassis. As the employee moved to place a connecting pin, a flat rack shifted and crushed his right index finger. Half of the finger was amputated. | |||||
2021-06-05 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Perimeter Brands LLC | Multiple lower extremities locations | Nonclassifiable |
An employee was using an electrical pallet jack to move pallets. While turning, his left foot and leg were struck by the pallet jack. The employee sustained multiple contusions and lacerations to the left leg, ankle, and feet. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Waste Management of Palm Beach | Ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
At about 9:00 a.m., an employee stepped out of a waste management truck to service recycling totes. The truck's right front tire ran over his right foot, breaking his ankle. | |||||
2021-03-25 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Serta Simmons Bedding | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was closing the dock door at approximately 11:50 PM on 3/25/2021. As he pulled the cable to close the door, the cable wrapped around the yellow safety pole and was pulled taut against the pole. The employee's left middle finger got pinched between the cable and the pole and the fingertip was severely lacerated. The employee required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-02-25 | Riviera Beach | Fl | ADVANCED ROOFING, INC. | Multiple arm locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was refilling a kettle used to lay asphalt when hot asphalt spilled on his right arm and forearm, resulting in burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
2021-02-05 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Tropical Shipping USA, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting in the loading of a 20' flatrack onto a vessel. The employee installed a lifting cable into position and applied tension to the cable using his right hand. As the cable pressed against the flatrack, the tip of the employee's right index finger was pinched off. | |||||
2020-10-14 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Rybovich Boat Company, LLC | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working near other contractors on site who were using ladders and tools. He was maneuvering around a ladder and a box of tools when his ankle got caught on the box and he tripped and fell onto his elbow. The elbow was fractured. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee inadvertently placed their right hand on a belt sheave, which then amputated the middle finger. | |||||
2020-09-03 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Fluorotek USA Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting PVC pipes with a chop saw. The saw cut off the tip of his right middle finger (with no bone loss) as he was readjusting the pipes. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Eastern Metal Supply | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was backing up a stand-up forklift. The forklift's mast struck a 900-pound bundle of aluminum channel overhead, causing it to fall from a rack onto the employee's right hand. He suffered a laceration and a fracture to his right index finger. | |||||
2020-08-10 | Riviera Beach | Fl | Eastern Metal Supply | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
A temporary employee's glove was caught by a roller. The employee sustained injury to their right ring and pinky fingers resulting in amputation and hospitalization. | |||||
2020-06-26 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Tropical Shipping USA, LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was waiting to remove the connecting pin to the rotator on a harbor crane when the remote control that was being used malfunctioned, causing the rotator to fall to one side. The rotator struck and crushed the employee's right hand. | |||||
2020-04-22 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Serta Simmons Bedding | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The injured employee was cleaning rollers with a partner when one of the rollers was moved. The injured employee's finger was then pinched between the rollers, breaking a bone in his index finger. | |||||
2020-01-17 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Warrior Service Company, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was installing an grab bar at the home of a customer. He drilled in the wall and made contact with an electrical wire, receiving an electrical shock that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-09-23 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Greif Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A machine operator was cleaning a glue pod when his right thumb became stuck. The motor caused the amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2019-06-21 | Riviera Beach | Florida | UPS, Co. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On June 21, 2019, an employee was working on his route for at least 5 hours and started experiencing cramps. The employee continued driving for approximately two hours alongside a supervisor who was delivering the packages to the clients. The employee was later hospitalized due to heat exhaustion and was diagnosed with a muscle injury. | |||||
2019-05-24 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Pepsi Beverages North America | Multiple trunk locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning batching tank equipment when the employee disconnected a process pipe that was pressurized with hot water and chemical solution. He was sprayed with the mixture, causing first and second degree burns to approximately 11% of his torso and back. | |||||
2019-05-15 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Chatt Transport Services LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unjamming a cable splitting machine when his left hand was caught inside the machine, resulting in a severe laceration to the thumbs and partial amputations to the tips of his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2019-05-07 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Builders Firstsource | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was pushing a piece of plywood through a table saw and amputated his left ring and middle fingers. The index fingertip was also amputated. | |||||
2019-03-26 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Averitt Express | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was removing the straps that secured wall panels that weighed approximately 2000 pounds to the wall of a semi-trailer. The panels fell onto the employee causing multiple contusions to the left arm, sternum and head. | |||||
2018-08-27 | Riviera Beach | Florida | JA Croson LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was installing a cast iron pipe when the pipe fell and amputated his right thumb. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Publix | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while carrying a tray of product into a storage cooler. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle. | |||||
2018-04-20 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Allied Building Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift inside the warehouse. His right hand was outside the lift when it was smashed between the lift and some warehouse racking shelves, resulting in partial amputations to his right middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2017-07-26 | Riviera Beach | Florida | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
After finishing his courier route, an employee began to experience cramps and later passed out due to dehydration, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-07-21 | Riviera Beach | Florida | AMERICAN YACHT RESTORATION INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when the blade broke four of his left-hand fingers. | |||||
2017-05-16 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Kelly Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
A temporary employee was operating a forklift when his arm was pinned and fractured between the lift and a wall. | |||||
2017-04-05 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Cheney Brothers, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was relocating a parking sign. While digging the relocation hole, the employee made contact with a cracked, buried PVC pipe. The employee initially thought it was irrigation piping, but upon closer examination saw electrical wiring and received a shock while attempting to isolate the exposed wiring. | |||||
2017-03-19 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Sudsco, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was transferring a chemical (alkali) from a bulk tank to a smaller tank. The smaller tank overfilled and chemical spilled onto the floor. The employee slipped and fell on top of the chemicals resulting in chemical burns to the left side of his hip, the back of his leg and his face. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Tropical Shipping | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was in a man basket spooling wire rope using a chain. The employee's hand was on the rope when the chain moved and caught his right thumb resulting in an amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
2016-10-10 | Riviera Beach | Florida | B and A Manufacturing Co. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell off a scooter when he attempted to pick up a piece of paper that he dropped. He fractured his right hip and/or right leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-08-15 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Cheney Brothers Inc | Lower leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was putting product away in the warehouse using a pallet jack when he lost control of the pallet jack and dismounted. His right leg collided with the pallet jack, fracturing his fibula. | |||||
2015-09-12 | Riviera Beach | Florida | ABF Freight System, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was coupling two 28 feet long trailers when his middle finger was pinched between the pintle hook. | |||||
2015-03-12 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Hartman Windows & Doors LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On or about 3/12/15, at 11:00 a.m., an employee working at a facility shop was using a shaper machine to perform job tasks when his hand made contact with the blade inside the machine. He was admitted to the hospital and had surgery due to lacerations on four left-hand fingers. |