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.

An employee went to retrieve his welding mask which was on the ground and hung it up on the landing gear of a cane trailer. He kicked the trailer landing gear forward so it would swing up and forward. As he did this, the stool he was sitting on moved and his foot slipped off the landing gear. The landing gear then swung backward and pinched his right middle fingertip against the ear pin, resulting in amputation.

An employee was welding an eye hook to a bagasse scraper when hot water discharged from the bagasse sprayers behind him, striking the employee. The employee sustained burns on his lower back and lower legs.

An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell, leading to a lower back injury.

An employee was performing maintenance on a lock/latch mechanism when their pinky finger got caught between the piston and the rail of the machine, resulting in amputation of the pinky finger from the knuckle up.

A temporary employee was setting up a roadway construction zone. They were dropping cones from the back of a pickup truck. One of the cones fell and the employee exited the pickup truck to straighten the cone. The pickup truck then backed up and struck the employee causing rib and pelvis fractures.

An employee was walking backward, cleaning a roadway with a flat shovel. A rubber-tracked excavator, also backing up, approached the employee. Its tracks caught the employee's pants, which caused the employee to fall forward. The machine then caught the edge of the employee's foot. The employee suffered bruising to both feet and an ankle, as well as a bone chip on the front of the right heel.

An employee was directing traffic and performing clean-up activities at a site they were preparing for asphalt pavement. The employee was struck by a skid loader that was traveling in reverse, resulting in fractures to the left leg and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

A traffic control employee was assisting a homeowner who was backing out of their driveway when they were struck by an excavator traveling in reverse. The employee sustained a hip and foot fracture.

An employee was flagging for traffic control when he was struck by a truck that was backing up. The employee sustained a punctured lung and broken ribs.

An employee was clearing a mud line on a clarifier used for sugarcane manufacturing. A valve was open and mud that was remaining in the line flowed onto the employee causing burns to his stomach and inner thigh area.

An employee was removing boxes from a flatbed farm truck. The employee fell from the truck's bed to the ground and suffered a broken left knee.

An employee was walking on an uneven surface in the field when they tripped and fell on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured knee.

An employee was crossing the street as a traffic spotter when they were struck by a moving truck, causing fractures to their face and neck.

An employee was driving a tractor pulling a sugarcane harvester on a flatbed trailer. While on the road, the harvester contacted an internet service line that was energized. The employee exited the tractor and climbed on the steps of the harvester to check for damage. The employee received an electrical shock causing him to fall from the steps of the harvester to the ground. The employee sustained electrical burns to the chest, back, and leg. He also sustained a laceration to the head and three broken ribs.

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.