Lake Wales Dry Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was carrying out routine maintenance on the dryer drum drive belts. While changing the 2nd belt, the belt backlashed & pulled right hand causing a cut on pinky & ring finger

Employee walked out of break room. EE stumbled for unknown reasons and fell. A few seconds later EE started having convulsions. This is when EE struck head on the ground causing EE to bleed. EMS was called and available within 7minutes. The employee was taken to the hospital and received treatment.

Employee was cleaning up area around dryer. As they backed up the wheel barrow started twisting causing them to loose balance & roll their left ankle.

Employee was stacking bags and had index finger caught by a bag.

Employee was trying to clear a stuck flow hole in the bin knife gate, when it released and caught EE's hand.

Employee was stacking 50 lb bags onto a pallet. Employee over extended while stacking a bag and twisted/strained back

Operator moving 2 pallets of material stacked on top of each other, the material weight exceeded the forklifts moving capability. Operator raised the load too high from the ground and when the forklift was moved forward the forks tilted forward lifting the forklift and once the pallets fell off the fork the lift landed back on the ground.

Employee was removing drain plug on oil pan on tractor. Felt shoulder pop when he pulled on wrench.

Employee was operating forklift. Back started hurting (twitching and minor spasms).

This was not an accident/injury. The employee collapsed while leaning on bagging machine table. Fellow employee found ee on the floor and called 911 and administered CPR. Employee later died at the hospital (see Death Certificate #9 - place of death).

EE was moving pneumatic tanker after loading and grabbed handle on side of truck to enter drivers cab, handle was wet with dew and hand slipped. EE fell hitting right inner thigh on truck step and left knee on ground.

EE WAS ON LIFT CAGE OF LULL FORKLIFT, REMOVING TRIM FROM BLDG. DAMAGED BY HURRICANES. FORKLIFT BACKED UP TO LOWER LIFT CAGE & WENT FROM CONCRETE TO SAND. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE LIFT CAGE SHIFTED & EE HAD HIS HAND AT THE BACK OF THE CAGE, OVER THE HANDRAIL. WHEN LIFT CAGE SHIFTED IT PINCHED THE END OF EE'S FINGER BETWEEN CAGE HANDRAIL & FORKLIFT PALLET GUARD.

EE WAS CHANGING A SHEAVE. HE PLACED THE SHEAVE ON TOP OF A PUMP FACE AND THE SHEAVE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER. FINGER WAS LACERATED.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING A CABLE ON THE DREDGE FROM THE WORKBOAT. EE STEPPED OVER THE SEAT, SLIPPED AND SCRAPED RT. LEG - SHIN.

AFTER CUTTING A PIECE OF POLY-PIPE, EE STEPPED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PIPE TO DETERMINE WHY THE PIPE HADN'T RELEASED. JUST AFTER HE WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE TENSION RELEASED AND THE PIPE HIT EE IN THE LEFT LEG.

EE WAS TAKING 0PROPANE TANK OUT OF RACK AND PLACING ON FLOOR, DOR TO RACK CAME BACK AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TANK & DOOR CUTTING HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO SHRINK-WRAP A PALLET OF SAND BAGS. HE HELD THE TORCH TOO CLOSE FOR TOO LONG AND THE FILM CAUGHT FIRE. HE USED HIS HAND TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, BURNING HIS HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING TARP OFF HIS TRUCK LOAD WHEN THE HOOK FROM THE TARP STRAP HIT HIS EYELID, CUTTING IT.

EE WAS LIFTING CABLE & SUSTAINED A LUMBAR STRAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS AND CO-WORKER WAS MOVING PALLETS ON FORKILFT AND EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN STACKING TABLE AND FORKLIFT.

FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

STACKING BAGS PAIN TO LOWER BACK.

FUELING TRUCK--HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR & PULLEY.

JUMPED UP ON TRUCK CAUSING CUT TO RIGHT KNEE.

WORKING ON BIN HIT HEAD.

SLEDGE HAMMER HIT HAND.

BENT OVER AND LIFTED UP HITTING ANGLE IRON.

SLEDGE HAMMER SLIPPED GOING INTO FACE OF INJURED. STITCHES WERE TAKNE. TOOTH WAS CHIPPED.

WHILE SANDBLASTING HOSE FROM SAND RELEASED & HIT RIGHT WRIST

PICE OF METAL CRUSHED LEFT THUMB WHILE WORKING PINCHED STITCHES WROPPED UP.

WHILE LIFTING 55 LB BARREL, PAIN CAME TO LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO WELDERS AND RECEIVED THE GLADE DURING THE EVENING HRS.

WHILE NEAR SANDBLASTING PIECES OF METAL ENTERED RIGHT EYE

PIPE SLIPPED HITTING MOUTH & TEETH

WHILE MOVING WELDER-STRAIN CAME TO BACK.

EE WAS PULLING PONTOONS OFF SHORE LINE WITH WORK BOAT TIED BY ROPE. ROPE CAME UNTIED SLAPPING INSIDE OF LEFT FOOT.

FORKLIFT ROLLED WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SACKING BAGS TO PUT ON PICK UP TRUCK FOOT WAS PINNED BETWEEN PALLET AND TAILGATE ON TRUCK.

STACKING BAGS O0 SAND

WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON #3 CLASSIFIER, SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND CAUGHT MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON FINGERS (ESPECIALLY LITTLE FINGER) OF RIGHT HAND , HOLDING ONTO LADDER RAIL. PULLED LITTLE FINGER O UT OF SOCKET, TORE & RUPTURED TENDONS IN RIGHT HAND.

LIFTING A 1012 ADAPTER TO MORE IUT FROM DREDGE TO WORK BOAT. IT SLIPPED ONTO THE RIGHT HAND JULY 30 TH EMPLOYEE UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR A SYNDROME OF RIGHT CARPAL TUNNEL. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT TOLD TO PREFORM THIS UNSAFE HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF ADAPTER WAS TO HEAVY FOR ONE PERSON TO TRY TO HANDLE.

WALKING WITH CABLE OVER HIS SHOULDER TO TIE TO ANOTHER PIECE OF CABLE WHEN CABLE SNAGGED SOMETHING ON DREDGE EMPLOYEE WAS JOLTED BACKWARDS SPRAIN IN NECK

WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF LOADER, SLIPPED ON TOP STEP SPUN AROUND WHILE HOLDING ON TO GUARD RAIL AND HIT LADDER WITH BACK

EE STOOD UP AFTER KNEELING FELT SNAP IN RT KNEE CAP. TORN CARTILAGE IN KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A CASE OF MOTOR OIL TO THE WORK BOAT FOR THE DIESEL DREDGE SAND GAVE WAY UNDER HIS FET THROWING HIM SIDEWAYS

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN WAREHOUSE ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE STACKED PALLETS, BAGS ON PALLET SHIFTED AND FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE.

EE DID NOT LOCK OUT DRIVE MOTOR FOR SCREW- ELECT. CHECKING CIRCUIT TURNED SCREW ON & RESULTING DEEP LACERATION TO RIGHT THIGH.