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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

TKM FARMS, INC.

Struck bump, hole, or rough terrain in road surface · Intracranial injuries, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TKM FARMS, INC., 2305 CYPRESS LANE, BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA 33430 on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.

The injured employee and his coworkers were riding the bus to the jobsite. There was a dirt bump in the road and the driver lost control of the bus. The employee sustained a possible head injury and injuries to his right hip and right hand.

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TKM FARMS, INC.

An employee's fingertip was amputated by a hedge clipper.

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Indian Valley Bulk Carriers

An employee was driving a truck and hit a set of railroad tracks. The truck bounced and the employee hurt his back.

American Medical Response

A paramedic was riding in the back of an ambulance when it ran over a pothole or bump in the road, jarring his back. He suffered lower back pain and was hospitalized.

Honeywell International Inc.

An employee was driving a front-load/bucket tractor on an unpaved roadway. While surveying conditions, the employee stopped the tractor and positioned the front load bucket to approximately 18 inches above the ground to take pictures/video of a water-filled ravine that crossed the main roadway. The employee was then driving forward when the front wheels rolled down a slight sloped wash. The bucket embedded in the dirt, causing the tractor to stop. The employee's abdomen was injured from the abrupt stop and the pressure from the seatbelt he was wearing.

American Roadway Logistics

An employee, working as a coner, which is the person who sits on the platform crate/grate behind the road line marking paint truck and picks up and places traffic cones, was picking up cones from the right side of the crate/grate when the truck hit a bump causing it to bounce up and down which caused the employee's right leg to get stuck between the ground and the vehicle breaking the tibia/fibula.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

On 6/25/15, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was riding her personal Segway on a street at the Navy base. While between buildings, she hit a dip or pothole in the roadway and lost control of her vehicle. She crashed her vehicle and was hospitalized overnight for a hip area fracture.

ALLEN E. SMITH RANCH & FARMING, INC.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor when the tire was punctured and the tractor rolled over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured back and bruising to their heart and lungs.

Farmers Union Oil Co

An employee was filling the tire of a semi-trailer when the tire blew and contacted the employee, resulting in a fractured tibia.

Garden Remedies, Inc.

An employee was walking through the kitchen when they slipped and strained their lower back, resulting in hospitalization.

Bedner Growers

An employee was repairing an attic ladder on the second floor. The ladder opened, and employee fell through to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with skull fractures, spinal fractures, and a spleen injury.

Corteva Agriscience

An employee was servicing a portable conveyor at a site and spun the pulley. The employee's fingertip was caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.