The Miami Herald reported that nearly one out of three city employees has filed a worker's compensation claim. Workers received settlements for breaking teeth while eating candy bars, suffering paper cuts, falling from office chairs, being bitten by a firehouse dog, and for kicking a body bag. In one case, police officer Lori Nadelman was given compensation when she said she developed a neurosis after tripping over a chair and hurting her nose.

The Herald also documented hundreds of recreational injuries suffered by firefighters since 1979, including 109 while playing basketball, 92 while weight training, 82 while playing volleyball, 63 while jogging, 63 during other physical training, 26 while playing softball, 23 while playing tennis, 17 while playing football, and one during an aggressive game of badminton.

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