Severe Workplace Injuries in Lakeland, Florida
Employers in Lakeland reported 207 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 180 workers hospitalized and 51 amputations (25% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 89 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Lakeland since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 387 inspections at Lakeland workplaces, and 171 of them (44%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 303 serious, 0 willful and 2 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $1,546,819.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Perry Partners, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 | $5,321 |
| Quality Metals, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,703 |
| Bc Partnership, LLC (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $3,973 |
| Bc Partnership, LLC (unprogrammed, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $11,919 |
| Southern Milling & Lumber, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 | $2,553 |
| Monster Energy Company (complaint, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $4,341 |
| Tiger Concrete And Screed, LLC. (referral, details) | 1 | $6,620 |
| Tyer's Roofing & Son, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,383 |
| Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $26,480 |
| Larh Constructions LLC (planned, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $6,015 |
| Smith Challenger Manufacturing & Services Inc (complaint, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $3,406 |
| Primoris T&D Services LLC. (referral, details) | 1 | $16,550 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 30 newest severe injury reports from Lakeland employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 17, 2025 · Screen Process of Alabama, LLC. Hospitalized
An employee was using a box cutter to cut stretch wrap when he sustained a puncture wound from the box cutter to his left arm above the wrist.
Injured by object held or wielded by person · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 1, 2025 · Auto Glass America, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was stepping down from a two-step stepstool. The employee missed the first step, twisted their hip as they came down, and sustained a broken pelvis.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Pelvis · Other services
Oct 26, 2025 · Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking through the retail store when they tripped over a display rack and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left shoulder, left elbow, and left wrist.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Multiple upper extremities locations (other) · Hotels and restaurants
Oct 1, 2025 · Mid-State Machine & Fabricating Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was unloading materials from the back of a flatbed trailer. The employee fell off the back of the trailer approximately 4 feet to the ground below, resulting in a fractured left collarbone and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Trunk and other upper extremities · Manufacturing
Sep 5, 2025 · Carpenter Company Amputation
An employee was performing a maintenance task on a shape mold machine. The equipment had a clog preventing it from pumping material into the next stage. The employee's left hand was inside the hopper's butterfly valve when it unexpectedly turned. The employee's index and middle fingertips were partially amputated.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing
Aug 18, 2025 · Circle K Stores Inc. Hospitalized
An employee fell from a step ladder to the floor and sustained a fractured left hip.
Other fall to lower level · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Aug 6, 2025 · Top Star Construction, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was packing up his tools and putting them away when a gust of wind closed the doors of a nearby shipping container. The employee's hand was caught and crushed between the doors, resulting in fractures to his hand.
Struck by door, gate, window · Hand(s), finger(s) · Construction
Aug 5, 2025 · SteriPack USA (Limited) LLC Amputation
An employee was entering the manufacturing area when their finger became caught between a door and the door frame, resulting in an amputated finger.
Struck by door, gate, window · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Jun 30, 2025 · Star Distribution Systems, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was operating a forklift when their foot was crushed between the forklift and a structural column. The employee sustained a broken foot as well as tissue and ligament damage.
Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1836559
May 15, 2025 · Medfleet, Inc. Hospitalized
Two employees were doing emergency medical service work. Their ambulance was leaking exhaust, and both employees developed carbon monoxide poisoning. Both were hospitalized.
Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Body systems · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1826641
Apr 1, 2025 · Shwarz Partners Packing, LLC Amputation
An employee was clearing a jam from the knife section of a machine when the shaft on the machine moved and amputated their index fingertip.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1816735
Jan 14, 2025 · GMF Structural Division Amputation
An employee was unloading wooden dunnage from a forklift onto a trailer. The wood snagged and fell onto the employee's right hand, causing the amputation of the index fingertip.
Struck by other falling object (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction
Jan 10, 2025 · Pop's Industrial Coating Hospitalized
A temporary employee was on top of a 10-foot sectional barge in the sandblasting yard. They were prying up a "snapping bar" and fell from the barge to the dirt/sand ground below. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae. Fall protection was not in place at the time.
Other fall to lower level · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1799089
Jan 1, 2025 · Publix Hospitalized
An employee was selecting orders in an aisle when a stack was bumped by a forklift in another aisle, causing cases of pancake mix to fall. The employee was struck by cases of pancake mix, resulting in a fractured right shoulder and sprained ankle.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Retail
Sep 24, 2024 · MaxPak - A TRG Company Amputation
An employee was feeding a carton machine when their left middle finger was pinched, resulting in amputation.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1774283
Sep 17, 2024 · Publix Super Markets Inc. Amputation
A cafeteria associate was using a tabletop food processor to shred lettuce and sustained a fingertip amputation.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1778400
Aug 28, 2024 · Sabal Transport, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee fell onto concrete and sustained back injuries and soft tissue injuries.
Fall, slip, trip · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 13, 2024 · Budget Roofing Service, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was on the roof of a porch overhang when the porch anchors failed and the roof fell approximately 6-7 feet. The employee fell to the ground and the roof landed on him, resulting in a back injury and requiring surgery.
Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Construction · OSHA inspection 1769792
Aug 7, 2024 · FCC-SA Hospitalized
An employee was collecting and depositing trash bins in the waste truck using an automatic side loader when a trash bin fell into the truck. The employee climbed up the waste truck to retrieve it when he slipped and fell backward, striking the ground. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
Other fall to lower level · Pelvis · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Jul 13, 2024 · Pepperidge Farm Inc. Amputation
An employee lifted a door above a basket stacking machine. As the employee went to unlatch the door to lower it back down, the door dropped and struck the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation above the knuckle.
Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Jun 21, 2024 · Keymark Corporation of Florida Hospitalized
An employee was standing on a flatbed trailer while an unwrapped bundle of aluminum was being loaded. The bundle fell apart and pushed the employee off the trailer, causing him to land on the ground on his feet. The employee sustained broken feet.
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1758175
Jun 19, 2024 · Keymark Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was walking down an aisle pushing a cart when five 900-pound bundles fell. Two bundles struck the employee causing a laceration to the back of the head, three broken ribs, a broken foot, and four broken toes. The employee was hospitalized.
Struck by falling object · Trunk and other lower extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1758237
Jun 13, 2024 · HCA Lakeland Supply Chain Hospitalized
An employee was putting boxes on a line and was struck by a forklift that was moving pallets. The employee's ankle was pinched between the machinery and the forklift resulting in a severe fracture requiring surgery.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1757105
Jun 6, 2024 · Progressive Casualty Insurance Company Hospitalized
An employee was working outside inspecting vehicles at a body shop when he became ill due to heat. The employee sustained dehydration, heat exhaustion, and a muscle injury.
Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Finance and insurance
May 30, 2024 · DHL Supply Chain Hospitalized
An employee was picking product under a rack. As she lifted her head to get back up, the back of her head struck a beam of the rack. The employee experienced dizziness and head pain, and was hospitalized for a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Struck against stationary object while rising, lowering · Brain · Transportation and warehousing
May 9, 2024 · Triumph Motorcycles (America) Limited Hospitalized
An employee was standing on the wheel well of a pickup truck, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken arm at the elbow.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Elbow(s) · Wholesale trade
Apr 11, 2024 · RelaDyne Hospitalized
An employee was climbing a 12-foot ladder to check the water level in a tank. The ladder slipped and the employee fell 10-12 feet to the concrete ground, landing on their head, left wrist, and left knee. They suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Brain · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1743540
Apr 1, 2024 · Intercit, Inc. Amputation
An employee was performing preventative maintenance to machinery near a fan. Their right index finger contacted the fan blade as it was winding down, resulting in amputation of the finger. The fan blades were not guarded at the time of the incident.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1739917
Mar 19, 2024 · Polk County Window and Door LLC Hospitalized
An employee was removing a window from its opening. He stepped out the window onto the roof, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken right arm.
Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 1, 2024 · Universal Forming, Inc. Amputation
An employee was removing a steel post shore that was supporting a piece of plywood. While he was using a spud wrench to twist the post shore out of place, the post shore's upper section lowered and caught his fingertip, resulting a fingertip amputation.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction
After a workplace injury in Florida
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Workers compensation lawyers in Lakeland
Lawbamba lists 22 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Lakeland, Florida, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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