Challenge Enterprises of North Florida, Inc.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

Two employees were removing a service lift platform from the back of a radar system. While handling the service lift platform, employee 2 was standing on the back of the radar and lost their footing, causing the service lift platform to shift and fall. The injured employee then fell from the top of the platform electronic subsystem (PES) to the floor, approximately 56 inches. The injured employee fractured his left elbow and left hip.

An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was walking up the sidewalk to go up two steps into a building to visit clients. She tripped on the uneven sidewalk and fell up the steps, resulting in a broken ankle that required hospitalization.

An employee was walking from one area to another when she slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing her left hip.

The injured employee was assisting with removing a metal pole used for a basketball hoop. Employees had cut down the pole to almost ground level. They put a tow rope around the remaining pole and hooked it to the hitch of a pickup truck to pull it out of the ground. The injured employee was standing by the pole to guide the rope. When the pole came out of the ground, it swung up and struck the injured employee on the left side above his waist and the right side of his head. He was knocked to the ground and his left calf was scraped. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured rib and lacerations. He required surgery.

Employees were working to block a client from eloping. The client and employees were running down the hall when the client pushed the injured employee, causing her to fall and slide into a steel doorframe. The employee sustained an injury to her left arm/shoulder.

An employee was in a driveway teaching a client how to use an electric scooter. He fell and his head struck the asphalt. The employee suffered a head injury with bleeding from the back of the head. 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.