Alta Construction Equipment Florida

Two employees were on separate ladders setting a fixed window on a newly constructed residential building. The injured employee fell from the ladder to the ground and was hospitalized for back injuries.

An employee slipped and fell off the back of a bucket truck and struck a guardrail. The employee sustained fractured ribs and injury to his torso.

An employee was working from a ladder when they fell to the ground. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to their head and back and was hospitalized.

An employee was opening the lids on top of rail cars to prepare for grain. The employee fell from the rail car approximately 14 feet and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their scapula, C7 vertebra, multiple thoracic vertebrae, sternum, foot, and three toes. The employee also sustained a concussion, bruised lung, pulled abdominal muscles, and an injury to their left middle finger.

An employee fell from a six-foot ladder to the floor and was hospitalized for fractured lumbar vertebrae.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.

After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.

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.