Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County, Inc.

An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped and fell to the floor, fracturing their right wrist.

An employee was walking down the hall to retrieve a vacuum when they stumbled and fell to the floor. The employee suffered wrist bruises and a kneecap fracture that required surgery.

An employee was carrying furniture backward during a delivery when he tripped and broke his right ankle.

An employee was installing a compressor piston. He tripped and fell backward while the piston was in his lap. As he landed, the little finger of his left hand became caught between the piston and compressor piping resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The employee required stitches and the fingertip was reattached.

An employee was doing an oil change. He was walking to get his oil jug when he tripped on an open lift pad, and fell to the ground landing on his right side. The employee sustained a broken right femur and was hospitalized.

An employee was exiting a building when she lost her balance on the door threshold, fell, and struck a concrete step. She suffered a broken left femur.

During a home visit, an employee was coming down a flight of carpeted stairs carrying two bags. One of the bags (a heavy one) caught on a child's car seat at the bottom of the stairs, and the employee tripped and fell down about four stairs. She suffered a broken left knee.

An employee was startled by a spider while sitting at her desk. She fell backward from her chair, landed on her left hip, and broke it. She was hospitalized.

On April 4, 2025, an employee was walking across the classroom when she tripped on a chair and fell to the ground, striking her head and left ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was picking up a child on the playground when she pulled her lower back. The employee was hospitalized with lower back pain.

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.