| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Palatka | Fl | M.G. Dyess, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| On November 16, 2021, a truck driver was removing straps from a load of utility poles on a flatbed trailer. When he removed the last strap, the top pole on the load rolled off and struck the left side of his body, crushing his left wrist and the lower part of his left leg. He was hospitalized, and the leg was medically amputated below the knee. He also suffered a brain injury and two fingers were medically amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-16 | Palatka | Fl | Veritas Steel, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On November 16, 2021, an employee was working with a band saw. He was correcting a piece mark when the rag used to wipe it off became caught in the band saw and the employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-23 | Palatka | Fl | Pinnacle Roofing Contractors, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| On August 23, 2021, a temporary employee fell through a soft spot in a roof. He landed on the ground about 10 feet below and suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2021-06-15 | Palatka | Fl | TIC Power | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On June 15, 2021, an employee was walking from the pipe fabrication area to a gate outside when he was struck by a company vehicle trying to turn around. The employee suffered a broken rib, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-04-10 | Palatka | Fl | TIC Power | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was installing grading on a 3-foot platform. He slipped off the platform and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right ankle. | |||||
| 2021-01-27 | Palatka | Fl | Yates Construction, LLC | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On January 27, 2021, a pipe fitter was changing out the transfer pump when he lost footing on the pump's foundation, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left wrist. | |||||
| 2020-06-21 | Palatka | Florida | Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning up scraps of paper and tossing them over a wall when a slab of paper struck and fractured his left forearm. | |||||
| 2020-05-30 | Palatka | Florida | Harbor Freight Tools | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was helping a customer load a tool box into the back of the customer's pick-up truck. After loading the truck, he fell from the truck and landed on the ground, fracturing his right ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-13 | East Palatka | Florida | Hitchcock's Market | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was slicing a ham on a table saw when the ham flipped in his hand and his hand came in contact with the blade, amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Palatka | Florida | Marble Today, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A warehouse technician was moving a cart with two pieces of granite countertop weighing 300 pounds. The cart tipped over and struck the floor. One of the broken pieces of granite landed on the employee's left foot and lacerated it. He was wearing steel toed boots at the time. | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | Palatka | Florida | Walmart Stores, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was trying to pull a dock plate out at the loading dock when the plate popped out, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Palatka | Florida | Flotech, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was testing a safety valve when the pressure in the steam tank (part of the recovery boiler) caused the safety valve to release a mixture of condensate and steam, spraying hot water through the discharge piping. He suffered second and/or third degree burns to both of his forearms, the left side of his abdomen, and the left side of his hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-08-18 | Palatka | Florida | Florida Roofmasters, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was on the roof to see what was needed to be completed that morning when he stepped on a piece of felt paper, slipped, and fell on the roof, breaking his ribs and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-05 | Palatka | Florida | Forterra Pipe and Precast, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was pulling on a V-belt for a cement auger screw when his left pinky fingertip was caught and amputated by the belt. | |||||
| 2017-04-30 | East Palatka | Florida | JSKemp & Brothers, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was waiting for potatoes to be graded (using a bulk grader) so that he could load them onto a tractor trailer when he noticed a bad potato on the conveyor. When he attempted to pull the bad potato out, his right index finger was caught in the conveyor's moving chain and sprocket, amputating it to the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-05-10 | Palatka | Florida | Veritas Steel, LLC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was disassembling a roughly 55-pound gusset plate because it was assembled incorrectly. As he removed the last pin, the plate started to fall off of the table. He tried to catch the plate, and his left-hand ring finger was caught between the plate and a section of another metal piece. His left ring fingertip was amputated without bone loss. | |||||
| 2015-06-25 | Palatka | Florida | Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
| An employee was walking towards the copy machine when he fell down on the ceramic floor, causing pain to the back of the head and lower back, as well as a temporary loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-22 | Palatka | Florida | Ruwell Construction LLC | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was conducting brick work from a scaffold. He fell 6 feet to the ground and broke both arms. | |||||
| 2015-03-31 | Palatka | Florida | Bridge Fabrication Holdings, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving a sheet of steel (300 lbs.) with an overhead hoist. The employee was using a magnet to move the metal from the grinding area to the finished stack. When the sheet was over the finished pile of sheets, the magnet released; the sheet fell on his hand, crushing the left middle and ring fingers. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-04 | Palatka | Florida | Armstrong Roofing, Inc. | Lumbar region | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee fell through the roof while inspecting the wood to see if it was rotten. He injured his lower lumbar. | |||||
| 2015-01-12 | Palatka | Florida | DEEP SOUTH INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Employee lacerated his left hand with a high-pressure water gun after losing his balance while cleaning the rubber membrane off of the inside of a tank. | |||||