Downrite Engineering Corp.

On April 6, 2022, an employee was crossing a new road in a vibratory roller to compact the material on the new road when the roller fell off the road and into an adjacent canal. The employee suffered back pain and a laceration to his inner left thigh.

A front-end loader had been flipped over upright, and employees were getting ready to unload its bucket. When pressure on the hydraulic lines was released, the bucket lowered quickly and crushed an employee who had walked beneath it. The employee suffered three broken upper-back vertebrae and a punctured lung.

An employee was dislodging a rock from the conveyor belt of the rock crusher using a piece of rebar/pipe when the employee's right hand slid into a pinch point between the frame of the equipment and the rebar resulting in a partial amputation of the right index fingertip.

On February 7, 2019, a dump truck an employee was driving broke down and was placed on a flatbed. The dump truck driver climbed onto the flatbed and inside the truck cab to retrieve his lunch box and upon climbing down he fell to the ground below and struck his head. The employee was hospitalized for a head laceration requiring stitches.

An employee was repairing a dump truck on the side of the road when his finger was caught in the pulley and belt of a compressor. He suffered a partial amputation of the left ring finger at the tip, after the nail.

An employee was performing maintenance on conveyor lines when he jumped out of the way of a moving rail-guided vehicle (RGV). He landed in the conveyor line and was then bumped by the rail-guided vehicle, causing him to strike an angle iron that was a part of a stationary conveyor. His stomach was crushed and the employee sustained a laceration to the abdomen.

An employee was troubleshooting a hydraulic piston on the wheels of a semi-trailer dump truck. The piston released and caused the trailer to move, crushing the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures and contusions.

An employee was working on the attachment securing mechanism of a skid steer when their hand was caught by the mechanism. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and lacerations to three fingers on the left hand.

An employee was spreading the forks on a parked forklift when he was struck in the face by one of the forklift tines, resulting in a contusion.

An employee was winching a bucket truck out of mud. The winch gave way and the truck struck the employee's right arm, breaking it.

An employee was moving a tensile strength test device with a dolly. The device fell from the dolly onto the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture.

An employee fell while stepping off the tailgate of a pickup truck. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken left fibula and tibia.

On October 7, 2025, employees were conducting trenching operations for the installation of a new sewer line system. The excavator's bucket was detached and put inside the trench as it was being exchanged for a different-sized bucket. An employee entered the trench with a shovel to move some dirt located at the front end of the pipe. The excavator bucket shifted and slid, striking the employee s right foot and trapping it against the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.

Employees were working to dislodge a large truck that was stuck in a rut using tow straps and a front-end loader with the bucket removed. An employee connected the straps to the loader and truck and another employee slowly engaged the loader to close the coupler. The injured employee's arm became caught in a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured arm.

An employee was lifting a piece of 30-inch line stopping equipment using a jack screw. A lifting eye weld snapped and the load dropped. The end of the jack screw then landed on the employee's heel and crushed it. The employee was hospitalized.

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.