Severe Workplace Injuries in Sarasota, Florida

Oct 22, 2025 · Power Design, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was climbing down a 6-foot ladder. The employee slipped at the last step and fell to the ground, suffering a broken femur.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Thigh(s) · Construction

Oct 7, 2025 · EASTERN METAL SUPPLY, INC. Hospitalized

An employee and a customer were unloading two rectangular tubes. The tubes were wrapped together. The plastic wrap was cut so that one tube could be picked up. As the employee was lifting the top tube, the other tube (still connected to the top tube) came down onto his hand and broke two of his fingers. He was hospitalized.

Contact incidents · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Sep 1, 2025 · SGK Enterprises, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was installing tile roofing on a commercial building when they fell approximately 15 feet off the roof to the ground below and suffered a pelvic bone injury. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Pelvis · Construction · OSHA inspection 1847876

Aug 25, 2025 · Life Care Center of Sarasota Hospitalized

A nurse was heading to a carpeted hall from the tiled floor of the nurses station and tripped over the transition. She fell and landed on her knee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Thigh(s) · Health care and social assistance

Aug 14, 2025 · Domenick's Blinds & Decor Hospitalized

An employee was using a 10-foot step ladder to install roller shades. The employee fell from the third rung from the top, landing on the ground and suffering back and head injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Head and trunk · Construction

Aug 11, 2025 · United Natural Foods Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was loading pallets of food into a trailer with an electric ride-on pallet jack. The pallet jack became stuck after the employee placed a pallet in the trailer. Once freed, it became unbalanced and pinned the employee's left foot against the trailer wall. The foot was broken.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade

Aug 11, 2025 · McIntyre Elwell & Strammer General Contractors, Inc. Amputation

Employees were unloading a truck when a pallet fell on an employee's left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

Struck by falling object · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction

Jul 30, 2025 · Sun State International Trucks Hospitalized

An employee was walking into the service bay when he slipped on oil that was leaking from a truck that was being serviced on the shop floor. He fell onto his left hip, fracturing it.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 29, 2025 · Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care Hospitalized

An employee was walking to assist a client when she tripped over an area rug and fell, resulting in a broken right shoulder.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Health care and social assistance

Jul 29, 2025 · Air Mechanical & Service Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was carrying a compressor when he dropped it on his hand, resulting in a laceration to a finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by object dropped by person · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction

Jul 18, 2025 · WPM-SOUTHERN, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was operating a roller parallel to a sloped lake bank. The roller overturned and the operator jumped off the roller as it overturned. The roller then struck/crushed the employee. The employee sustained internal injuries and chest trauma. The employee was hospitalized.

Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn · Multiple trunk locations · Construction · OSHA inspection 1839600

Jul 15, 2025 · COCA-COLA BEVERAGES FLORIDA, LLC Hospitalized

Employees were loading a scissor lift onto a rollback truck when the scissor lift turned and slid down the rollback truck. The scissor lift fell over sideways and it's guardrails struck an employee, fracturing their hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 30, 2025 · Metz Culinary Management, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was closing the electric lift gate on his delivery truck and and caught his left middle finger in a pinch point on the lift gate, resulting in an open fracture of the fingertip.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Jun 17, 2025 · Aqua Plumbing & Air Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working from a 4-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder twisted on the soft dirt it was standing on, and the employee fell to the ground, landing on his left side. He suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Construction

Apr 18, 2025 · Sarasota Medical Products, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating an automated bagging and packaging machine to bag hydrocolloids. A bag was stuck in the machine. As the employee was removing it, the blade amputated the top of their right index finger.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1824202

Apr 10, 2025 · RIPA & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C. Hospitalized

An employee was conducting a pressure test of sewer laterals. The pressure gauge dropped to 0 PSI. The employee checked the pipe and wiggled it. A 6 to 8 inch pipe shot out of the ground and struck the employee's jaw/chin. The employee sustained a fracture to the jaw and a laceration to the bottom of the chin. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Jaw, chin · Construction

Apr 9, 2025 · A.S.M. Construction Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking around the site, inspecting the progress of a newly started project. The job was in the foundation stage and the upright rebar of the footings had just started to get placed and tied into the footers. The employee stepped over one of the footings and tripped. He landed on an upright rebar that punctured his lower jaw.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Jaw, chin · Construction

Mar 26, 2025 · Publix Super Markets, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a forklift. While turning into an aisle the forklift slid into a rack and the employee's right ring and little fingers were fractured.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Other finger(s) (other) · Retail

Mar 12, 2025 · Consolidated Cleaners Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was performing sheet pressing. The employee reached down to the right to get a sheet. The damp sheets were heavy and the employee placed his left arm on the lower presser. The employee reached to remove the cover from the bin to get a sheet when the unguarded switch was inadvertently activated causing the presser to actuate the upper press. The upper presser closed down on the employee's arm resulting in hospitalization with burns.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Arm(s) · Other services · OSHA inspection 1812574

Mar 4, 2025 · Bennett Contracting, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was backfilling a trench after installing a waterline near a public road when they were struck by a car. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a bruised kidney.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle · Multiple trunk locations · Construction

Feb 18, 2025 · R2 Electric LLC Hospitalized

An employee was climbing a ladder to install electrical wiring in a new construction when he fell to the ground, resulting in three fractured ribs and a punctured lung.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple internal chest locations · Construction · OSHA inspection 1809010

Feb 17, 2025 · SGK ENTERPRISES, INC. Amputation

An employee was cleaning out a cement mixer when the blades were engaged and amputated his left index and middle fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1805186

Jan 16, 2025 · TRI-CITY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was walking down stairs when he slipped and his knee struck a step, resulting in a compound knee fracture.

Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Knee(s) · Construction

Jan 13, 2025 · Brookdale Colonial Park Hospitalized

An employee was carrying food when she tripped over a bed frame and fell to the ground. She suffered a broken kneecap.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance

Dec 4, 2024 · Verasna Group Inc Hospitalized

An employee was conducting repairs on an excavator engine compartment while standing on top of it. The employee stepped on the removed engine door cover and slipped and fell approximately 7 feet to the ground, fracturing their left hip and femur.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Hip(s) and leg(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Nov 23, 2024 · Publix Super Market at The Plaza at Palmer Ranch Hospitalized

An employee was bagging groceries when a customer spilled a drink. The employee slipped and fell, sustaining a hip injury that required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Oct 13, 2024 · SUNNYGROVE LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION MAINTENANCE, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using a post driver for tree staking and hit his right thumb, breaking it.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Thumb(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Oct 4, 2024 · Rowland I&I Solutions Hospitalized

An employee was using a pressure washer to clean manholes to be resealed when their left hand got in the path of the pressure washer and was lacerated by the pressurized water.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Hand(s), finger(s) · Construction

Sep 11, 2024 · Spartan Contracting Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was placing plastic over wet concrete when they tripped and their left wrist was lacerated by metal trim.

Slip, trip, stumble or fall on same level fall · Wrist(s) · Construction

Sep 4, 2024 · Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club Hospitalized

An employee was digging holes outside when they became overheated, felt dizzy, and fell to the grassy ground. The employee sustained a heat-related illness.

Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Arts, entertainment and recreation