Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-02-10 | Winter Garden | Fl | Montrose Construction, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On February 10, 2021, an employee was carrying a 2x4 down the stairs when the 2x4 got caught on the permanent handrail causing the employee to fall approximately 4 to 5 steps down the stairs. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury and a fractured skull. | |||||
2020-09-14 | Winter Garden | Fl | Yellowstone Landscape-Southeast, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
An employee was bitten by a rattlesnake while pulling weeds. | |||||
2019-09-12 | Winter Garden | Florida | TLC Diversified, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
An employee was measuring a ductile iron pipe with another employee. The pipe was on the ground on top of 2x4's and was previously cut at one end, which was sharp. When they tried to move the pipe, it rolled, pinning the employee against the tire of a loader and lacerating his right knee. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-16 | Winter Garden | Florida | AMERICAN IN-LINE INSPECTION SERVICE, INC. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was sitting on a truck, lowering a camera into a manhole. A front end loader struck him, causing amputations to his right big and second toes. | |||||
2019-05-16 | Winter Garden | Florida | Robins & Morton | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) and struck some 4-inch PVC pipes laying on the ground. The employee lost control of UTV and as he was about to be ejected he grabbed the rear view mirror causing it to break and lacerate his left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2018-04-07 | Winter Garden | Florida | G & D Janitorial Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was descending a ladder after washing windows when one foot of the ladder sank into the dirt, causing it to shift sideways. The employee then fell off the ladder to the ground, fracturing two ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-02-20 | Winter Garden | Florida | H&E Equipment Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a mobile power unit compressor when his hand entered the running machine, breaking two fingers. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Winter Garden | Florida | SSS Down to Earth Opco, LLC. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was lifting a trailer door when the door broke and came down on his head and pinned his body underneath it. He fractured his neck. | |||||
2017-05-20 | Winter Garden | Florida | Marshall | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee stepped on a store fixture, slipped, and fell to the ground, breaking the left wrist. | |||||
2016-10-20 | Winter Garden | Florida | PetersenDean Roofing and Solar | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was climbing a 32' fiberglass ladder to access a two-story new construction roof and fell fracturing the right heel and left foot (forefoot). | |||||
2016-10-14 | Winter Garden | Florida | Gulf Eagle Supply Company | Multiple trunk locations | Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet |
An employee loading materials onto the roof fell through a skylight approximately 25 feet resulting in broken ribs and back. | |||||
2016-08-08 | Winter Garden | Florida | B&M Landscape Concepts, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was trimming shrubs with gas-powered shears when the shears amputated his right-hand index fingertip. | |||||
2016-08-01 | Winter Garden | Florida | The TJX Companies, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking toward the back of the store when the employee tripped over an empty rack and fell, fracturing the left shoulder. | |||||
2016-06-24 | Winter Garden | Florida | Seminole Masonry, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee who was tending to masons began to feel light-headed, weak, and dizzy, requiring hospitalization for possible heat exposure. | |||||
2016-06-14 | Winter Garden | Florida | Jr. Davis Construction Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While installing underground utilities, an employee began to feel sick. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness. | |||||
2016-06-04 | Winter Garden | Florida | Argos USA | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was clearing an obstruction on a silo gate when the gate closed on and fractured his finger. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Winter Garden | Florida | Allen & Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A front end loader was pulling a truck out of the sand. The loader operator asked an employee to hold the chain used to pull the truck. The chain became tight and caught the employee's middle ring finger, fracturing it. The employee required surgery. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Winter Garden | Florida | Kirklands | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While descending a 10 ft. A-frame ladder an employee's foot got caught between the rungs and the employee fell approximately 8 feet hitting some shelves before hitting the ground and fracturing the left arm. | |||||
2015-09-30 | Winter Garden | Florida | Central Hauling & Excavating | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing into his dump truck and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a broken pelvis. | |||||
2015-09-23 | Winter Garden | Florida | Roof Commander, Inc | Lumbar region | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee slipped from a 10-foot roof while installing flashing. The employee suffered lower back pain and a potential fracture due to the harness and lanyard restraint impact. | |||||
2015-04-13 | Winter Garden | Florida | AAC Construction Group Inc | Nonclassifiable | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee fell from the roof at a four-story apartment complex while installing roof decking. The employee was wearing a harness at the time. |