| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Winter Haven | Fl | LEGOLAND | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to close a stainless steel garbage can door, which was stuck on a no-slip mat in front of it. The employee's right index finger was caught in the door, and her fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-28 | Winter Haven | Fl | Superior Rigging & Erecting Co. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was installing a column and a beam from a grated deck that was 15 feet high. The employee fell to the floor through an opening in the grating that was 4x4 feet and had been removed to stand up the column. The employee suffered a broken back that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-08-24 | Winter Haven | Fl | AgroTurf | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle on side of road |
| An employee was placing sod alongside a roadway. After being hit by a car mirror, the employee jumped back and fell into the path of a skid steer that was backing up. The skid steer ran over his legs, breaking both of them. | |||||
| 2021-05-10 | Winter Haven | Fl | Anchored AC & Heating | Upper arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| The injured employee had been working on the roof of a building. The employee was getting off the roof and onto a 10-foot ladder to get down, while another employee held the ladder. While going down the ladder, the injured employee lost their footing and fell about 10 feet onto the dirt, landing on their left side and sustaining a broken left humerus. | |||||
| 2021-03-24 | Winter Haven | Fl | Charter Communications | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was on an extension ladder working on cable lines. While descending the ladder to retrieve the replacement section of coaxial cable, the existing/defective cable broke, causing the extension ladder to move and the employee fell approximately 16 feet from the ladder to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for blunt force trauma to his ribs and the back of his head. | |||||
| 2021-02-08 | Winter Haven | Fl | Baycare Health System, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee turned quickly when a patient called out. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a fractured left humerus. | |||||
| 2020-03-28 | Winter Haven | Florida | The Sherwin-Williams Company | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a forklift while standing in an aisle. The employee landed on storage racks. The forklift operator fell out of the forklift and was struck by the forklift and also landed on storage racks. Between them, the two employees suffered multiple facial and skull fractures, a concussion, and internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2019-08-28 | Winter Haven | Florida | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An associate was walking down the aisle to assist a customer, tripped over a pallet, and fell. The employee suffered a broken right hip. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Winter Haven | Florida | Manheim Remarketing, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was bending over to remove a license plate from a car. He then stood up, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a contusion to the left side of the forehead, a subdural hematoma, and a laceration above the left eye. | |||||
| 2019-07-28 | Winter Haven | Florida | Borden Dairy Company of Florida, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On 7/28/2019, an employee was attempting to manually let down a dock plate when another employee released the safety latch because the plate would not come down. The dock plate came down and struck the employee, pushing him into product and the wall of a trailer and landing on his right leg. He was hospitalized with a fractured leg and dislocated shoulder. | |||||
| 2019-03-15 | Winter Haven | Florida | Overlook Harvesting, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was picking citrus. At the same time, a loader was backing up. The employee attempted to remove a ladder from the path of the loader when the loader ran over his lower right leg, breaking it. | |||||
| 2018-06-07 | Winter Haven | Florida | BrandSafway Services, LLC | Scalp | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was moving scaffold equipment while standing on top of a concrete wall. The employee fell backwards to the ground sustaining a bruise and cut to the back of his head. | |||||
| 2018-04-24 | Winter Haven | Florida | Carpenter Contractors of America, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a cat's paw tool to pull out a screw when the screw popped out and hit his eye, scratching his cornea and iris. He was hospitalized. Safety glasses were not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-01-11 | Winter Haven | Florida | FedEx Freight | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was exiting his semi-trailer truck when he slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing his leg. | |||||
| 2017-06-28 | Winter Haven | Florida | Southeast Milk, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee had taken a nap inside his truck cabin when he suffered a severe headache and grogginess due to possible carbon monoxide exposure. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-06-15 | Winter Haven | Florida | Lego Land, Florida | Forearm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a table saw to cut acrylic glass when the glass kicked back and cut an artery in his forearm. The saw was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-05-14 | Winter Haven | Florida | Circle K Stores, Inc. | Head and neck | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was utilizing a step stool to stock shelves, lost balance and fell striking his head on a shelf. The employee injured their head and shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-03-07 | Winter Haven | Florida | Merlin Entertainments Group Florida LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking backwards, tripped over a traffic cone in the parking lot, and fell fracturing the left wrist. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Winter Haven | Florida | Overlook Harvesting Company, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell while picking fruit from a ladder, fracturing two vertebrae. | |||||
| 2017-02-03 | Winter Haven | Florida | Bond and Steel, P.A. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was overcome by the smell of gasoline, which was on a patient's clothing, and suffered respiratory problems. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | Winter Haven | Florida | Carpenter Contractors of America | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was feeding lumber into the saw and amputated the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-05-18 | Winter Haven | Florida | Carpenter Contractors of America, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While cleaning up in the saw area, an employee attempted to remove scrap from a scrap conveyor. His hand was caught by the belt and pulley, and his radius and ulna were fractured. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | Winter Haven | Florida | Carpenter Contractors of America, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was changing a pulley on the feed roller conveyor. The employee's right index fingertip was caught in the pulley and amputated. | |||||
| 2015-11-19 | Winter Haven | Florida | RSR Industrial Coatings, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A temporary employee was pulling plastic from behind a stack of boards. The boards fell and broke his leg. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Winter Haven | Florida | BOND & STEELE CLINIC, P.A. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee fixing a generator left an open container with about a gallon of gasoline next to the HVAC intake on the roof. Two employees were hospitalized after being poisoned by gasoline fumes. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Winter Haven | Florida | PB of Central Florida, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on a ladder removing screws from a wall when the ladder slipped and the employee fell to the ground. | |||||