Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-15 | Stuart | Fl | Sprouts Farmers Market store # 629 | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell while walking into a refrigerator. She landed on the refrigerator's floor and suffered a concussion. | |||||
2021-09-09 | Stuart | Fl | Workforce Development Board of the Treasure Coast, Inc. | Brain | Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. |
An employee went out into the parking lot of the establishment to confront a client that was told to leave. The client got into his vehicle and used it to strike the employee. The employee sustained a concussion and possible brain bleed. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Stuart | Fl | Walmart - Store #1087 | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a customer's car in a store parking lot. She suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-21 | Stuart | Fl | Martin Memorial Health Systems, Inc. | Ear(s) | Rubbed or abraded by shoes, apparel, or accessories |
An employee had been wearing a surgical mask for extended periods of time which caused a cut into the back of the left ear that resulted in a bacterial infection. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-29 | Stuart | Florida | FIVE STAR MOBILE HOME SALES, INC. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee working from a step ladder fell backwards and fractured a hip. | |||||
2020-01-24 | Stuart | Florida | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was working from an order picker, pulling a freezer off a shelf. He fell several feet to the ground below, suffering leg and hip injuries. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-02 | Stuart | Florida | Triumph Aerospace Structures LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was working on a 12- to 15-foot aluminum aircraft floor beam resting on a table. The employee tripped on the table leg and, as she fell to the floor, the beam fell onto her. She suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2019-03-06 | Stuart | Nebraska | Parkside Manor | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was preparing some food in a nursing facility's kitchen. The employee fell on a slippery surface, landing on the floor and suffering a broken right shoulder, right arm, right foot, and left knee. | |||||
2019-02-25 | Stuart | Florida | New Heights Painting Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was painting from a bakers scaffold. The scaffold shifted and the employee fell approximately 6 feet to the floor below fracturing their lower back. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Stuart | Florida | Yellowstone Landscape | Head, neck, and trunk | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was conducting landscape work when a moving automobile hit the employee, who suffered a broken neck, ribs, and skull. | |||||
2018-07-03 | Stuart | Florida | SUNSHINE LAND DESIGN, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was operating an excavator. The excavator was running hot and the employee was burned while removing the radiator cap. | |||||
2018-06-23 | Stuart | Florida | FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION SOUTHERN DIVISION CO. INC. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by an unchocked car in a fenced area, suffering a broken leg. | |||||
2018-06-21 | Stuart | Florida | Comcast | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing an extension ladder when it slid sideways along the telecommunication wire it was resting on. He fell to the ground below, fracturing his right elbow. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Stuart | Florida | CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FLORIDA, LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
A employee sustained a laceration to the top of the left hand while washing out the hopper area of a mixer truck. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Stuart | Florida | Waste Management of Florida | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On 8/30/2017, an employee was collecting vegetation waste with a rear load packer truck when he began to feel pain throughout his body. He overheated and experienced muscle cramps. | |||||
2016-09-10 | Stuart | Florida | Sunshine Land Design, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting a palm tree with a chain saw while standing on an extension ladder. The chainsaw kicked back and lacerated his left bicep, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-06-11 | Stuart | Florida | ARLINGTON ELECTRIC INC. | Coccygeal region | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee had been installing electrical wiring and was descending a ladder when the ladder collapsed. The employee fell and contacted the floor, suffering a contusion and bruised tailbone. | |||||
2016-05-18 | Stuart | Florida | Sunshine Land Design, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a saw to install water lines when the saw kicked back and lacerated his chest. | |||||
2015-04-22 | Stuart | Florida | Stuart Bowl LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered an amputation when their left hand (fifth digit) got stuck in a belt behind one of the bowling machines. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Stuart | Oklahoma | Key Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While the employees were picking up tubing, a worker grabbed the bell and pulled it back. The elevator slipped and caught his finger between the horn's elevator and the bottom of the bell. His middle finger was amputated from the finger nail to the first knuckle of the finger. He was taken to the hospital, treated and released. |