Discovery Village at Boynton Beach

An employee was adjusting a blade on a padder machine. As he manually turned a roller, his hand contacted the blade, amputating his right thumb tip.

An employee was cleaning a slicer when the tip of their right index finger was amputated, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was tying a feed bag when his hand slipped and struck the side of the feed hopper resulting in a laceration to the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

At approximately 9:45 AM, a maintenance technician was assisting in removing a feed roller from a coating tank. The bolts were removed and a supporting chain was in place. The technician was using a prybar to unseat the roller shaft when the prybar slipped, causing him to lunge forward and strike the right side of his face against a valve stem. The technician sustained a fracture and laceration to the cheek, and required surgery for an injury related to his right eye. He was hospitalized.

An employee was cleaning and performing maintenance on a vertical panel saw when the employee impacted the saw blade. They sustained a finger fracture and laceration.

An employee was patching a roof leak when they fell from the roof to the ground and sustained a brain bleed.

An employee was taking a tour of the property. They were walking up the steps to an apartment when the staircase broke. The employee fell, sustaining a knee injury and a fractured right ankle.

An employee was servicing an air conditioning unit. While he was working to connect the manifold gauges to the port, a rattlesnake bit him on his right hand.

An employee slipped and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken hip and femur that required hospitalization.

An employee was repairing a garage door. While the door was being lowered, his finger was caught in one of the gaps in the door. The fingertip was amputated at the middle of the nail.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.