| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-02 | Windermere | Fl | Publix Super Markets Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On November 2, 2021, an employee was opening a bag using a small knife when the knife contacted their left little finger, resulting in an amputation of the soft tissue of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Winder | Ga | ER Snell Contractor, Inc. | Trunk | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee was performing work on a bridge from a platform that was elevated by a crawler crane. The platform got entangled and the employee was caught between the bridge and the platform. He sustained a crushing injury requiring amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-10 | Winder | Georgia | Ruby Tuesday, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was standing on a dunnage rack to reach pizza items on the top shelf in the freezer area. When the employee reached for the items, a bag of cheese opened and cheese scattered onto the floor. The employee stepped backward off the rack and then slipped on the cheese that was on the floor. He fell against the racks that were behind him and sustained a punctured lung, broken shoulder, and two broken ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-12 | Windermere | Florida | AN Pines, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee working as a framer was putting hardware on the bottom of an exterior wall on the right side of the house. He was standing on the completed deck floor of the second story when he fell to the dirt ground. The employee sustained a spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis from the chest down. | |||||
| 2019-05-06 | Windermere | Florida | Gale Insulation Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was walking down the stairs at a new construction site when he tripped and fell. The employee suffered broken ribs and a broken left arm. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Windermere | Florida | Golden Bear Golf Club, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was trimming an oak tree on a golf course. A branch fell and swept the ladder from underneath him. The employee fell to the ground and sustained nine broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | Windermere | Florida | NEI General Contracting, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting deck boards with a power saw. The saw cut the hand he was using to secure a board, severing the ring fingertip just above the end joint and lacerating the index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2017-08-11 | Windermere | Florida | Central Florida Investments, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| While standing on the toolbox in the back of a pickup truck, an employee bent over to give a pair of safety glasses to a coworker. He lost his balance and fell onto the concrete floor, suffering 11 broken ribs, two fractures under the right eye, and a brain hemorrhage. | |||||
| 2017-06-09 | Winder | Georgia | Taylor Pallets & Recycling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a single trim saw to cut 2x4 boards. The machine jammed and the employee turned off the saw. She began cleaning out debris from under it when her left hand hit the still moving blade, resulting in amputation of the left pinky finger and lacerations to three other left-hand fingers. | |||||
| 2017-03-21 | Windermere | Florida | Sunrise Rail | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was moving a piece of sheet rock on an unguarded balcony on the second floor of a building when he fell two stories to the ground, suffering broken bones and contusions that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-17 | Windermere | Florida | DANCO ROOFING, INC. | Cheek(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell and struck a scaffold while climbing a ladder to the roof, suffering a fractured cheek bone. | |||||
| 2017-02-16 | Winder | Georgia | Price Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was changing the tool in a CNC stamping machine when the tool fell and smashed the employee's left pinky fingertip, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-01-18 | Windermere | Florida | RJ Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was setting up a 32-foot extension ladder when the top part slid down on the employee's right thumb, fracturing it and tearing a ligament. | |||||
| 2016-10-23 | Winder | Georgia | STEPAN COMPANY | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was blowing down a mist eliminator when the side glass broke and sprayed sulfuric acid onto the employee's face and right ear, causing acid burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-27 | Windermere | Florida | BPG Inspections | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was attempting to enter the attic area of a home to conduct an inspection. The employee's ladder slipped from position, causing him to fall 10 to 12 feet to the ground, injuring his vertebra and left heel. | |||||
| 2016-04-08 | Windermere | Florida | YELLOWSTONE LANDSCAPE-SOUTHEAST, LLC | Sole(s) | Stepped on object |
| A piece of mulch perforated the sole of an employee's boot and punctured his foot while he was edging along some bricks. The wound became infected and the employee had to be hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-02-23 | Windermere | Florida | 411 Restoration & Remodeling, Inc | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee using a pneumatic nail gun was shot in the right forearm when the nail came out the back of the gun. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | Winder | Georgia | Olympic Steel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting the projection welder machine. The employee's right hand was on the working surface of the machine when the steel shaft came down and amputated the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-08-08 | Winder | Georgia | Johns Manville (Inc.) | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee suffered a soft tissue amputation to the left middle and ring fingers (distal) while operating a product wrapping machine. | |||||
| 2015-01-29 | Winder | Georgia | JE Dunn Construction Group, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| Worker was injured when he fell out of the back of a pick-up truck. The truck was parked and not moving; the employee tripped over the wheel well. He broke his collar bone and some ribs. | |||||