| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-16 | Palm Coast | Fl | Total Comfort Heat and Air Conditioning, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| Employees were on the roof to install a generator. The injured employee went into the attic and fell through the attic landing on a table and then falling to the floor. The employee sustained back injuries. | |||||
| 2021-04-20 | Palm Coast | Fl | Molamark Construction, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| At 3:55 p.m. on April 20, 2021, an employee fell down an elevator shaft from the second-floor level in a residence under construction. The employee suffered lower leg injuries and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-09-10 | Palm Coast | Fl | Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc. | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was unloading tiles on a rooftop when he slipped and fell 9 feet off the roof to the ground floor, breaking his heel. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-09-02 | Palm Coast | Fl | A.S.N.A. Construction, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The owner and an employee were standing on the ground as wooden roof trusses were being prepared to be reset in the correct position. The trusses fell in a domino effect on top of both. The owner was hospitalized for a fractured leg and a head laceration. The employee was hospitalized for fractured legs. | |||||
| 2020-05-01 | Palm Coast | Florida | Stanley Access Technologies, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On May 1, 2020, an employee was stepping down from a 4-foot ladder when he lost his balance, jumped from the ladder and landed awkwardly on the ground, breaking his right leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-21 | Palm Coast | Florida | Sunbelt Chemicals Corp. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was reaching with a push stick to adjust an empty plastic bottle that was stuck about 14 feet overhead. A forklift backed out of an 18-wheeler trailer and struck the employee's right leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized and the employee's right foot was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-08-19 | Palm Coast | Florida | Integrity Pressure Cleaning Plus, LLC. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was soft washing the roof of a one-story house when he slipped and fell 12 feet off the roof onto the pavers below. He was hospitalized with three fractures on his mid vertebrae, a bruised left knee, a laceration to the back of his head, and a concussion. | |||||
| 2019-07-11 | Palm Coast | Florida | Liberty Seal Coat LTD. Co. dba Pavemax Corp | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| On July 11, 2019, an asphalt maintenance technician was removing a handicap sign in preparation for resurfacing the parking lot when a bee or wasp nest was disturbed and he got stung. He collapsed to the ground and had difficulty breathing. He was hospitalized for an allergic reaction to the sting. | |||||
| 2019-01-31 | Palm Coast | Florida | United States Postal Service | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was delivering mail on her route. She stepped out of her vehicle onto the edge of the black top road surface. She was on the edge of the road and on uneven ground when she fell and attempted to brace herself with her left hand. As a result, she fractured her left wrist in multiple places. She stood up and immediately passed out. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Palm Coast | Florida | Waste Pro of Florida, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| A garbage truck driver was servicing a recycling bin as part of his training. He was getting back on the truck, on the passenger side, when it began to move; he lost his footing and fell onto the road. The truck ran over his left leg, breaking it in several places. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-24 | Palm Coast | Florida | LLG Roofing Corp | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was installing a TPO membrane on the edge of a flat roof and as he was about to throw out some garbage, he slipped and fell 10 feet from the roof into the dumpster. He fractured his wrist and lacerated his right eyebrow, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-07 | Palm Coast | Florida | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
| An employee was working underneath a long life vehicle (standard mail truck). He lowered the jack while still being underneath it and the vehicle fell on his right shoulder and sternum. He was admitted to the hospital for treatment of a broken right shoulder and sternum. | |||||
| 2017-09-18 | Palm Coast | Florida | Massey Services, Inc. | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
| While climbing an extension ladder with a box to put in storage, an employee lost balance and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a pelvis separation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-09-14 | Palm Coast | Florida | Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee placed a generator on a tractor trailer flatbed. He raised the flatbed while his left hand was on the trailer's frame rail. His left thumb was then caught between the frame rail and the flatbed, amputating his thumb tip without bone loss. | |||||
| 2017-08-16 | Palm Coast | Florida | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Brain | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was looking to retrieve shopping carts in the parking lot when a customer reversed her vehicle to get to an available parking space and struck him. He fell backwards to the ground and suffered a head injury, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-26 | Palm Coast | Florida | Utility Service Co., Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| After installing a mixer on top of a water tower and inspecting the tower in direct sunlight, an employee experienced cramping and could not move. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2017-05-10 | Palm Coast | Florida | Florida Roofmasters, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was nailing felt paper on a deck when the felt paper moved, causing him to lose balance while holding the nail gun in his right hand. A nail then ejected and punctured his left middle finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Palm Coast | Florida | Professional Sunshine Roofing, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was performing a roof inspection. He was taking photos when he slipped on wet shingles and fell into an empty concrete pool below, breaking his left arm and left ankle. | |||||
| 2017-01-14 | Palm Coast | Florida | JT Seafood Shack | Multiple body parts | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was cooking when a can of aerosol cooking spray that was sitting on the top shelf above the stove exploded, resulting in second degrees burns to his arms and neck. He was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | Palm Coast | Florida | Legend Senior Living | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On June 23, 2016, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee had lowered the handicap lift of a resident transport bus in a parking lot to load a resident from an appointment. The employee tripped over the lift, fracturing the left femur above the knee, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-02-07 | Palm Coast | Florida | Publix Super Markets Store #1339 | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On February 7, 2016, an employee cleaning the beef patty machine unit amputated the tip of the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-12-15 | Palm Coast | Florida | Fidus Roofing and Construction, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee slipped on a piece of tape and fell approximately 11 feet from the roof resulting in two broken ribs and a fractured scapula. | |||||
| 2015-11-19 | Palm Coast | Florida | ARHC BHPALFL01 TRS, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was working at the facility when the employee felt ill. The employee was hospitalized due to an allergic reaction to indirect contact with latex gloves at the facility. | |||||
| 2015-10-12 | Palm Coast | Florida | SEA RAY BOATS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee had the flesh removed from the bottom of his right middle finger while using an unguarded table router. | |||||
| 2015-07-11 | Palm Coast | Florida | Southeastern Grocers, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| A meat cutter was cutting meat when he sliced off the tip of his left pinky finger. | |||||
| 2015-02-09 | Palm Coast | Florida | Greg's Roofing, Inc. | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| Worker was conducting re-roofing work on a two-story, split-level home without his personal fall protective equipment. He slipped, fell 10 feet to the ground, and hurt his tail bone. | |||||