Florida Citrus Center, Inc.

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

An employee tripped over a piece of angle iron and fell to the floor sustaining a broken hip.

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

An employee was on the floor of an aisle wrapping a pallet when an electric pallet jack struck him, resulting in fractured ankles.

An employee was removing a rug entangled in the rear tire of a powered industrial truck (PIT). The PIT was raised and supported by a fork truck jack. The PIT shifted/fell and struck the employee's hand. The employee's index fingertip was amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

On May 14, 2025, at approximately 6:30 AM, a driver was making a delivery at a customer s site when their hand was crushed in a roll-up door. The employee's finger was fractured in three locations and required surgical amputation.

An employee was operating a tractor and utilizing a 2.5-foot kinetic rope and a 1-inch soft shackle to pull another tractor that was stuck in the mud. An additional 30-foot kinetic rope with a soft shackle was hooked up to provide distance from the soft soil. While pulling, the loop end of the terminal shackle on the stuck tractor frayed and released the rope, causing it to recoil back at the pulling tractor. The rope(s) struck the back of the pull tractor, broke the rear window, and struck the employee. The employee was pushed forward into the steering wheel and sustained severe lacerations to the head and a collapsed lung.

An employee was staging products in the back of their box truck to be unloaded. He slipped on a surface in the truck that was wet from rain, and fell out of the back of the truck onto the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left humerus and required surgery.

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.