Severe Workplace Injuries in Miami, Florida
Employers in Miami reported 713 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 676 workers hospitalized and 101 amputations (14% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 208 of them.
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Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Miami since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 1,255 inspections at Miami workplaces, and 640 of them (51%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 1,176 serious, 2 willful and 41 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $4,759,559.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Mktg, Inc. (complaint, details) | 5 (2 serious+) | $15,132 |
| Trans Florida Development Corp. (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 5 (4 serious+) | $47,270 |
| Pricesmart, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $11,348 |
| Pr-Esto Roofing Corporation (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,965 |
| Archer Western - De Moya Joint Venture (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $33,100 |
| Quilla Painting, Corp. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,412 |
| Primero Auto Parts, Inc (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,727 |
| Vr Finishing Concrete, Corp. (referral, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,965 |
| Cesar Tire Services Inc (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $3,972 |
| Ga Telesis Landing Gear Services, LLC (follow-up, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $7,235 |
| Devastation Store Miami (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,702 |
| Apollo Export Warehouse, LLC (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $6,431 |
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 Miami employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 13, 2025 · InterContinental Miami, an IHG Hotel Hospitalized
An employee was walking down stairs when she tripped, fell, and landed on her left side. She sustained a broken left hip.
Other fall to lower level · Hip joint(s) · Hotels and restaurants
Nov 6, 2025 · DHL Express Hospitalized
A tug was being used to move a line of dollies when it struck an employee. The employee's right leg was pinned and broken between two of the dollies, and the employee was hospitalized.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Nov 3, 2025 · Zeiger Crane Rental, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was standing on a trailer rigging a car body of a crane. The car body was lifted off the trailer and then the truck pulled out from underneath the load. The employee fell from the trailer to the ground when the truck moved, resulting in a fractured hip.
Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing
Oct 25, 2025 · THE ELITE FLOWER Hospitalized
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck two parked forklifts. The impact caused the employee to be ejected from the pallet jack, and his right foot became trapped between the forklifts, resulting in a severe laceration to the foot.
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1860759
Oct 23, 2025 · Archer Western 1232 Hospitalized
An employee was removing rigging from a post-tensioning strand when it suddenly whipped and unwound. The employee suffered an avulsion to the right thumb.
Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Thumb(s) · Hotels and restaurants
Oct 22, 2025 · Vera's Nursery Inc Hospitalized
An employee had finished applying pesticide in an area. As he walked away, he slipped; he did not fall, but suffered a lower back sprain.
Slip, trip, stumble on same level without fall · Back lumbar region · Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Oct 21, 2025 · Allan Industries, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was performing janitorial duties on the 15th floor of a building that was under construction. She began having trouble breathing. The employee was hospitalized with lung irritation caused by dust.
Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Body systems · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Oct 17, 2025 · PERKO, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was buffing production parts and the rotating wheel contacted their left hand, resulting in hospitalization due to a laceration to the hand and a fracture to the hand and wrist.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Hand(s) and wrist(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1860639
Oct 4, 2025 · Precision Steel Erectors LLC Hospitalized
An employee was working on the second floor of a construction site. They were removing a piece of plywood that was placed over a 2-by-2-foot hole in the floor when they backed up and fell through the hole to the first floor below. The employee landed on the cement flooring and suffered a broken wrist.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Wrist(s) · Construction
Sep 22, 2025 · Scantek GPR LLC Hospitalized
An employee was cutting the corner of a concrete vault wall using a concrete chainsaw. The saw caught on rebar. The chain snapped and lacerated the employee's right forearm.
Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Forearm(s) · Construction
Sep 1, 2025 · Publix Super Markets, Inc. Amputation
An employee was operating a panel saw machine when the machine cycled and pinched his left middle fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Retail
Aug 27, 2025 · MIAMI TECH, INC. Amputation
An employee was operating a production machine press. His right hand was on the upper part of the die press. As he leaned toward the back of the machine, the machine actuated and crushed the edge of his fingertips. The employee sustained amputations to his right index, middle, and ring fingertips.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1847974
Aug 7, 2025 · E-Tech Electric, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee fell backward from an 8-foot A-frame ladder. He landed on the sidewalk, where his foot hit an opening between the sidewalk and the grass. His right heel was broken.
Other fall to lower level · Foot (feet) excluding toes · Construction
Aug 4, 2025 · Gordon Food Service Store Amputation
An employee was closing a trailer door when his left index finger became caught in the door panels as they were coming together. The employee sustained a left index fingertip amputation at the first joint.
Struck by door, gate, window · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Wholesale trade
Jul 30, 2025 · UPS Hospitalized
After clearing a jam on a secured conveyor belt, an employee walked back to step down, lost their footing, and fell onto the ground outside a bay door. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their left arm/elbow.
Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jul 29, 2025 · ELITE FLOWER SERVICES, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was working to exit their workspace when they tripped over a desk drawer. The employee fell to the ground on his left hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip and required surgery.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Wholesale trade
Jul 28, 2025 · MooreGroup Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was on a ladder, setting vertical columns, when he lost balance and fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a concussion.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Brain · Construction · OSHA inspection 1841708
Jul 28, 2025 · Clear Channel Outdoor, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was installing a piece of advertising copy on a billboard. He fell approximately 18-25 feet from the structure to the ground, suffering broken ribs and facial trauma.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1840874
Jul 20, 2025 · Flooring World of Florida, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was stepping backward through a framed wall when they tripped over the base metal track and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Arm(s) · Construction
Jul 18, 2025 · Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was delivering a box to a customer. They assisted the customer with moving the box containing a playground apparatus when the box broke open, causing the employee to lose their grip and strain their lower back.
Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Back lumbar region · Transportation and warehousing
Jul 9, 2025 · DISH Wireless L.L.C. Hospitalized
An employee began experiencing hand and arm cramping while climbing a tower. About an hour later, the employee became ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.
Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Information · OSHA inspection 1837207
Jul 9, 2025 · JVA Engineering Contractor Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking behind an excavator during roadside construction. The excavator reversed and ran over the employee's left foot, breaking it.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Construction
Jun 26, 2025 · Coast 2 Coast Support, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee on an inclined rooftop disconnected their lanyard when planning to come down. They slipped and fell 8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their right wrist, two right-side ribs, and their pelvis.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Trunk and other upper extremities · Construction · OSHA inspection 1835228
Jun 21, 2025 · Quickoil & Lube Inc Hospitalized
An employee was walking on the job site when they fell to the ground and struck the back of their head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized.
Fall on same level · Brain · Other services
Jun 16, 2025 · Cooltrace International Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was working from an A-frame ladder. He was applying tape to a section of ductwork on the HVAC system. He lost balance and fell approximately 5-6 feet. He sustained a dislocated arm and a puncture of the skin behind his elbow that required stitches.
Other fall to lower level · Multiple arm locations · Manufacturing
Jun 10, 2025 · American Airlines, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was wing-walking the right wing of an aircraft. The employee tripped over chocks on the ground, fell, and landed on their right wrist, breaking it.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Wrist(s) · Transportation and warehousing
May 29, 2025 · Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital Hospitalized
An employee was walking on the sidewalk when she slipped or tripped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained injuries to her hip and pelvis.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Trunk and other lower extremities · Health care and social assistance
May 29, 2025 · United Parcel Service Hospitalized
An employee was delivering parcels to residential homes using a company vehicle. The employee completed their work day, went home, and felt ill. He was hospitalized for a heat illness.
Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing
May 27, 2025 · CVS Hospitalized
An employee was descending a staircase when they fell down the staircase from the top step and struck their head on the edge of a stair, requiring hospitalization for a head injury.
Other fall to lower level · Brain · Retail
May 16, 2025 · Danto Builders Hospitalized
An employee was adjusting a garage door while standing on a 6-foot A-frame ladder when he lost balance and fell from the ladder to the ground below, resulting in three fractured vertebrae in the lower back that required hospitalization and surgery.
Other fall to lower level · Back lumbar region · 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 Miami
Lawbamba lists 63 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Miami, 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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