Ports America Florida, INC.

An employee was unloading general cargo from a ship. The employee's right middle and ring fingers were pinched in a cargo hook safety latch, causing amputation and degloving injuries.

A mechanic was replacing a flat tire on an over-the-road container chassis. While pushing the tire into position on the rear chassis axle, the new tire's rim shot off and struck the mechanic's left leg breaking the tibia.

On 10/14/2018, an employee was securing a container to be loaded with a crane. When the crane lifted the load, he was hit by the bottom container and fell 10 feet, suffering a facial fracture, broken arm, internal bleeding, and a fractured spine. Some of the connectors were not connected correctly at the time of the incident.

An employee was riding on a gas-powered cart when she went around a sharp curve and fell to the ground, breaking her left ankle.

Employees were working under a platform walkway, removing bollard pipe. An employee went to lift and get the bollard unstuck from the footer. The bollard came free and shifted into the corner of the adjacent wall, causing their right ring finger to get caught between the pipe edge and wall corner. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal knuckle of the finger.

An employee was unloading shoring off the back of a roller truck when their left index finger was caught between the vertical shore and the cylinder. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was unloading a plate tamper from a pickup truck. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the tamper's handle and its plate, resulting in a partial amputation at the nailbed.

An employee was removing a piece of insulation that consisted of sheet metal wrapped over a ball valve. As he pulled the piece free, it became stuck; while he was freeing it, it cut through his glove into his right little finger and ring finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

An employee was moving a steel frame by hand when his right middle finger was pinched between the frame and a steel saw horse. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the finger and the removal of skin that required surgery and hospitalization.

While preparing to install a new spool piece for a vapor and spent sulfuric acid line, an employee was working to ensure there was no residual product or pressure in the line before removing the 6-inch hose. The valve was cracked, and some spent acid still in the line sprayed out. The employee was standing off to the side and at a distance, but was still contacted by the hot acid, resulting in corrosive and thermal burns to their upper torso and mid-thighs of both legs.

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.

An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.

An employee was inspecting a conveyor to see why it was not running. The employee entered the the conveyor motor area, tripped on a piece of angle iron welded to the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone.

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.