Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-22	Saint Augustine	Fl	Coastal Roofing, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On October 22, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was kneeling down on a roof to install shingles when a nail gun slid and shot a nail above the employee's knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-18	Saint Augustine	Fl	Coastal Roofing, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped while coming down a ladder and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right elbow.
2021-07-13	Saint Augustine	Fl	Titan America, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 13, 2021, a concrete delivery driver was attaching the second chute to the mixer truck when the tip of his right index finger was pinched and amputated between the chute and the truck.
2021-06-26	Saint Augustine	Fl	Flagler Hospital, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On June 26, 2021, an employee was walking from the parking lot into work when she slipped on water and fell, resulting in a broken left femur that required hospitalization.
2021-05-05	Saint Augustine	Fl	Comcast Of Greater Florida/Georgia, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was ascending a ladder that was placed on a utility pole at a house. The ladder shifted and the employee fell and fractured his left foot/ankle.
2020-10-14	Saint Augustine	Fl	A to Z Custom Homes, Inc	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
On September 14, 2020, an employee was climbing a fixed ladder to repair a roof. When he was four or five rungs up, he lost his grip and fell to the concrete floor below. He suffered a broken right leg.
2020-08-20	Saint Augustine	Fl	Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.	Upper arm(s)	Standing, standing up-single episode
On August 20, 2020, a grocery clerk reached for the cash drawer to pull himself up from a kneeling position and tore his left triceps muscle. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
2020-08-19	Saint Augustine	Fl	Camachee Island Company, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
On August 19, 2020, an employee was shocked by a live wire while working on a moored yacht. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-07-24	Saint Augustine	Florida	Rulon International	Jaw, chin	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On July 24, 2020, a maintenance technician was demolishing a 10-foot-high structure inside a manufacturing facility. He had removed the structure's plywood roof and was about to climb down a ladder when the fascia board collapsed and knocked him down. He fell about 10 feet, striking a table and the floor. He suffered a broken jaw and bruising to his face, shoulders, and thighs.
2020-05-30	Saint Augustine	Florida	St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Inc	Arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
At 4:20 p.m. on May 30, 2020, an employee was retrieving an object from an alligator pen when an alligator bit him on the right elbow. He was hospitalized.
2020-04-15	Saint Augustine	Florida	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
On April 15, 2020, an aircraft electrician was retrieving a tool that fell through the grated cover of a two-foot utility trench. While lifting the grated trench cover, he lost his grip. The trench cover fell and his middle finger was caught between the cover and the floor. He sustained an amputation without bone loss to his right middle fingertip.
2020-04-06	Saint Augustine	Florida	Kopsic Construction, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was explaining a framing change and stepped backwards off the second-floor deck. The employee fell 11 feet to the ground below and sustained fractures to a leg, an arm, and the pelvis.
2019-06-05	Saint Augustine	Florida	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
On June 05, 2019, an analyst was walking across a carpeted surface to her workstation when she tripped and fell fracturing her elbow. She was admitted to the hospital.
2019-05-13	Saint Augustine	Florida	Hydro Extrusion North America, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.
While operating a coupling machine, an employee got a laceration on her hand that required stitches and immediately started to have seizures. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-09-18	Saint Augustine	Florida	Heart Utilities of Jacksonville, Inc.	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was installing trip savors on an electrical line (13,200 volts) from an aerial lift when he attempted to tighten a bolt on a switch bracket using a cordless drill. An arc flash then occurred, resulting in second degree burns to both of his hands. He was hospitalized. Rubber gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.
2018-08-30	Saint Augustine	Florida	Old Town Trolley Tours of St. Augustine, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
An employee was outside of his vehicle while it was being fueled when he stepped into a small hole and lost his footing, falling to the ground and fracturing his right hip. He was hospitalized.
2018-07-10	Saint Augustine	Florida	G & H Underground Construction, Inc.	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee of G&H Underground Construction, Inc., was cutting a concrete pipe with a gas-powered concrete saw when the saw kicked back, striking and lacerating the employee's throat.
2018-06-09	Saint Augustine	Florida	Workhorse Projects LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was working on a balcony about 12 feet high, removing the railing in preparation to work on the balcony floor. After removing the railing, the employee fell to the concrete pavement below. The employee suffered a fractured skull and ribs, broken vertebrae and collarbone and a bruised lung. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2018-04-10	Saint Augustine	Florida	Waychoff's Heating and Air Condition, Inc.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking toward a customer's HVAC unit when he slipped and fell on the garage's wet concrete floor, breaking his hip and requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-27	Saint Augustine	Florida	Hydro USA, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working near a press while a coworker was replacing a chain. As the coworker was manually pulling on the chain, the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the sprocket and the chain, resulting in a partial amputation of her right pinky finger.
2018-01-24	Saint Augustine	Florida	Marinex Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee and his crew were connecting a float hose and a head section (floating pipeline for hydraulic dredge). He was tying a 2-inch polypropylene line from the dredge tender to the pontoon tank when his left ring and pinky fingers were caught and amputated between the line and the bit.
2018-01-19	Saint Augustine	Florida	Fidus Roofing and Construction, LLC	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was tying his lanyard to an anchor point at a roof's ridge vent when he slipped due to frost and fell 15 feet to the ground, breaking his right femur. He was hospitalized.
2017-09-08	Saint Augustine	Florida	J&J Imports and Fabrication, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
An employee was carrying a 25-square-foot kitchen granite piece upstairs with a coworker when the stairs broke off from the landing. He then fell about 4 feet to the ground, suffering bruises and a broken rib. He was hospitalized.
2017-06-30	Saint Augustine	Florida	Tradesmen International, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On June 30, 2017, an employee suffered from heat exhaustion after doing deck demolition at a job site, requiring hospitalization.
2017-06-24	Saint Augustine	Florida	Superior Construction Company Southeast, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was inspecting the tracks of a bulldozer. When he placed his hands on a slit fence, his left forearm was bitten by a poisonous water moccasin. He was hospitalized.
2016-10-20	Saint Augustine	Florida	United Parcel Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee finished delivering a package to a customer and was walking back to his truck when he started feeling cramps in his arms and legs. The employee was admitted to the hospital for dehydration.
2016-10-11	Saint Augustine	Florida	Owen Electric Company, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee and a coworker strapped an industrial site plan printer onto a forklift's long skid to take it to the second floor. The employee was on the forklift's skids when he fell 10 feet to the first floor of the warehouse, suffering lower back injuries that required hospitalization.
2016-05-26	Saint Augustine	Florida	Ring Power Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The injured employee along with his co-worker were lining a farm implement onto the farm tractor's hitch. As the farm implement was being aligned with the ball of the hitch, the employee's right pointer finger got caught between the implement and the ball of the hitch resulting in the amputation of his finger from the nail up. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
2016-05-16	Saint Augustine	Florida	Giles McIvor, Inc.	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was removing a fence from a ditch near an excavator when the excavator backed over the employee's leg, breaking it.
2016-04-28	Saint Augustine	Florida	FLORIDA CERTIFIED CONTRACTORS, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On April 28, 2016, at 12:00 p.m., an employee slipped on a wet tile floor and broke a femur bone, requiring hospitalization.
2016-04-20	Saint Augustine	Florida	All Quality Painting	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing up an extension ladder to caulk a wood soffit which was 10 feet above the ground when he slipped and fell about five feet onto the concrete sidewalk resulting in a left wrist fracture and possible bruising to the left leg.
2016-02-02	Saint Augustine	Florida	Arnett Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was standing on a 10-foot A-frame ladder, changing a motor inside a dropped ceiling's air handler. He fell off the ladder, fracturing his right upper arm and his right wrist.
2016-01-05	Saint Augustine	Florida	Picolata Produce Farms, Inc.	Forehead	Injured by handheld object or equipment
An employee was struck in the forehead by a ratchet chain binder handle.
2015-09-20	Saint Augustine	Florida	Mr. B. Foods, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
A cashier was walking through the kitchen area with papers from the front. The cooks were cleaning the fryer. They drained the oil from the fryer into a stock pot and set it on the floor in the aisle. The cashier tripped over the pot and the oil splashed onto her feet. She was taken to the hospital.
2015-06-29	Saint Augustine	Florida	Earthworks of Florida, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was putting a trench box together. The employee's finger got stuck between the wall and the horizontal spacing bar when the box was lifted.
2015-03-20	Saint Augustine	Florida	ELC Beauty LLC	Nonclassifiable	Bites and stings
An employee was hospitalized overnight due to a spider bite she sustained while putting trash in the dumpster.
2015-03-20	Saint Augustine	Florida	COMCAST OF GREATER FLORIDA/GEORGIA, INC.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was descending a ladder after installing communication cables at a communication pole when the ladder moved. He dismounted the ladder approximately 10 feet from the ground and landed on his feet, shattering his right heel and breaking his left ankle.
2015-03-05	Saint Augustine	Florida	G & H Underground Construction, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was raking dirt behind a skid loader; the operator did not see him and ran him over. He was transported to the hospital.
2015-02-04	Saint Augustine	Florida	Labor Finders	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
Employee was carrying tar paper on the roof when he slipped on the roof's wet surface and fell from a two-story house, fracturing his lower back.
2015-01-19	Saint Augustine	Florida	Comcast, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder installing a new line. When he cut the old line, which was tight, the line whipped back and knocked the employee off the ladder.
2015-01-18	Saint Augustine	Florida	Sapa Extrusions, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
While moving dye, employee pinched the right ring finger between the clevis and hook. The employee was taken to the hospital where the tip of the finger was amputated.