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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

PERKO, INC.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PERKO, INC., 16490 NW 13TH AVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33169 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).

While stepping out of an electric car, an employee's right foot was caught between the accelerator pedal and the side of the car's frame, causing him to fall and twist/fracture his right ankle.

Hospitalized Ankle(s) Automobile

PERKO, INC.

An employee was buffing production parts and the rotating wheel contacted their left hand, resulting in hospitalization due to a laceration to the hand and a fracture to the hand and wrist.

PERKO, INC.

An employee was changing a motor on an exhaust fan. The employee went to turn off the switch, located on the inside of the fan shroud when his left index finger was lacerated by the blade.

PERKO, INC.

While walking toward the time clock, an employee tripped over a parts pan that was on the floor, injuring his knee.

PERKO, INC.

An employee was removing a rack from a hanger. The rack dropped onto his right foot, causing an open fracture, as well as a puncture wound and contusions.

PERKO, INC.

An employee's right index finger was amputated while operating a trim press machine.

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Electrical Contractors Inc.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

M1 Support Services

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

FEDEX Ground Package System, Inc.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

SRM Concrete

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

U.S. Postal Service - Los Angeles P&DC

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

Rocknel Fastener, Inc.

An employee was drawing wire when a chain caught three fingers on his right hand. The employee sustained an amputation to the right ring finger, the fingerprint pad of the middle finger, and the tip of the index fingerprint pad.

PERKO, INC.

An employee was buffing production parts and the rotating wheel contacted their left hand, resulting in hospitalization due to a laceration to the hand and a fracture to the hand and wrist.

Unytite, Inc.

An employee was repositioning a washer on an assembly machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated.

Birmingham Fastener & Supply, Inc.

An employee was operating a thread feeder when it caught her right index finger. The employee was hospitalized for injury to her finger.

Amanda Bent Bolt Company

An employee was helping to remove a die from a press. The forks shifted on the forklift they were using and the die pinched their arm against the safety bar, resulting in crush injuries to the right hand, a fractured right radius, and a laceration requiring stitches.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.