Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating a compact open-cab skid steer. As he backed up, the skid steer's bucket lowered onto his leg, pinning it against the body of the skid steer. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the ankle/lower leg.

An employee was backing up a garbage truck at a landfill to empty the truck. A concrete platform gave way, causing the vehicle to slide down into the landfill pit 20 feet below. The employee was flung backward and forward, hitting his head on the dashboard of the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion.

An employee was operating a rubber-tracked crawler carrier to offload and place timber mats that are used for vehicular and equipment access on a utility right-of-way. The offloading of the mats from the dump bed caused the front end of the equipment to elevate and then come back down with force. The employee sustained compression fractures to two vertebrae in their lower back and was hospitalized.

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack. He lost his balance and the pallet jack's handle struck his face. He suffered a broken nose.

An employee was utilizing a utility task vehicle (UTV) to patrol a 138 kV transmission line in a right-of-way. The UTV drove into a washout hole that was approximately 6 feet deep and obstructed by vegetation. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder, a fractured left humerus, back pain, and a strained ankle. He was hospitalized.