Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-24	Panama City Beach	Fl	Greg's Roofing of Bay County, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee slipped on damp underlayment and fell off a second-story roof, landing on the ground and suffering fractures to the hip and face.
2021-06-08	Panama City Beach	Fl	Outback Scooters, LLC	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was supervising a go-kart track when he was struck by an oncoming go-kart, resulting in a head injury and bruises on his legs.
2021-05-23	Panama City	Fl	Kraton Chemical, LLC.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was venting a 275-gallon intermediate bulk container to facilitate gravity feeding. He stepped up onto the platform of the secondary containment to gain access to the center cap. While doing so, he lost his footing and fell from the platform (25.5 inches above grade) to the concrete floor and suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula.
2021-03-26	Panama City	Fl	Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee had been removing wooden blocking from a hull in preparation for the hull's departure from the dock. While using a wooden wedge to remove sand from under the blocking, the blocking shifted and the employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.
2021-02-22	Panama City	Fl	Medxcel Facilities Management, LLC dba Medxcel	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee stepped down from the second step of a ladder to the floor, landed forcefully, and suffered fractures to the left tibia and left radius.
2021-01-20	Panama City	Fl	Berg Pipe Panama City Corp	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was polishing an aluminum pipe in a lathe with an emery cloth when his glove got caught in the lathe chuck, pulling him into the lathe. The employee suffered fractures to his left arm above the wrist, a laceration on his left ear, and an amputation of his left thumb.
2020-09-02	Panama City	Fl	J. Michaels Dockside Bar & Grill	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was carrying a large stock pot of hot water from the stove to the sink when he lost his balance, slipped, and fell. The hot water spilled on and burned his body.
2020-08-17	Panama City	Fl	Tri County Roofing and Repair, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
A roofer was climbing a ladder to go onto the roof when he fell off the ladder onto the ground and broke his right ankle.
2020-07-26	Panama City Beach	Florida	Holiday Beach Rentals, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
On July 26, 2020, an employee received a call from a tenant that the elevator was not working at their rental house. The employee drove to the three-story rental house to fix the issue. While trying to reset the elevator, the employee lost her balance and fell about 30 feet through the sheet rock to the first floor of the elevator shaft. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.
2020-07-14	Panama City	Florida	Gulf Equipment Corp. dba Gulf Services	Pelvis	Struck by falling object or equipment
On July 14, 2020, an employee was felling a tree from the ground using a chainsaw when a tree trunk hit his pelvis area. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.
2020-07-05	Panama City	Florida	Sodexo Operations, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while walking behind a café serving line. She caught a wall-mounted fire extinguisher as she fell; it fell onto her hand when she landed on the floor, amputating her left index finger at the first knuckle.
2020-03-06	Panama City	Florida	System Service and Engineering	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
On March 6, 2020, an electrician in a mechanical room was disconnecting wires that feed to the fire alarm pump, to replace it. The power company arrived to perform the power shutdown and told the electrician that he could flip the breaker. Afterwards, he disconnected the wiring and the breaker arc flashed, causing second and third degree burns to his face and hands. He was hospitalized.
2020-02-06	Panama City Beach	Florida	Construction Materials, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On February 06, 2020, an employee was cutting rebar using a rebar machine when the machine was inadvertently activated via the foot pedal, resulting in the amputation of his left middle finger.
2019-07-17	Panama City	Florida	Cross Environmental Services, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On July 17, 2019, a temporary employee was hand picking discarded construction materials while using cloth gloves when a piece of ceramic tile flipped and lacerated his left forearm near the wrist. He was hospitalized.
2019-06-26	Panama City	Florida	Trane U.S. Inc. dba The Trane Company	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a vertical belt sander to smooth the edges of a 3-inch by approximately 14-inch piece of steel. The employee used his hands to tilt the back end of the piece of steel upwards in order to sand it at one end when the belt grabbed the piece of steel, causing his left index finger to be caught between the belt and the piece of steel. His left index fingertip was amputated.
2019-06-25	Panama City	Florida	Berg Steel Pipe Corp	Foot (feet)	Fall, slip, trip
On June 25, 2019, an employee was repairing a machine that moves pipes (36 inches in diameter, 1/2-inch thick, and 40 feet long) from a set position to a skid position. He was welding on a hydraulic cylinder clevis that holds the cylinder to the machine. When he moved the machine arm, it triggered the automated car to deliver a pipe to the machine. Seeing that a pipe was coming toward him, he jumped out of the way and landed near a skid pipe. He fractured his left foot and was hospitalized.
2019-06-17	Panama City	Florida	Nate's Sanitation Service, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On June 17, 2019, an employee was picking up residential garbage containers when he began to suffer heat-related illness; after being put in the air-conditioned cab of the garbage truck he became unresponsive. He was hospitalized, suffering from kidney failure.
2019-02-27	Panama City	Florida	Pacheco Interior Design, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was carrying a sheet of plywood while walking on 2x6 rafters. He lost balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground fracturing a hip.
2019-01-25	Panama City Beach	Florida	J Hernandez Remodeling, LLC.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was climbing up a ladder to replace a metal roof. As he was getting ready to connect to a life line, he slipped and fell approximately 20 feet onto metal roof panels. The employee sustained a broken arm, pelvic fracture and facial bruises.
2019-01-09	Panama City	Florida	Engen, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using a 10-foot water lance to clean the ash off of a wet sifting conveyor located underneath an incinerator when the lance made contact with hot ash, causing the hot ash to make contact with his face. He sustained first and second degree burns to his face, neck, arms, and hands, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-30	Panama City	Florida	Waste Management Inc. of Florida	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was rolling a 4-yard trash container into a trash room on casters. The employee's right ring finger was pinched and crushed between the container and a wall, causing a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-05-30	Panama City	Florida	B & D Industrial	Leg(s)	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was working from an elevated platform, 35 feet high, while wearing a harness and retractable lanyard, to change out a gear on a paper machine. He fell from the platform an estimated 2 feet before the fall protection system caught him. He sustained some leg pain possibly due to the fall protection. He was hospitalized.
2018-05-28	Panama City	Florida	Southern Field Maintenance and Fabrication, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee doing maintenance indoors became ill and exhausted. He was hospitalized and treated for dehydration.
2018-05-05	Panama City	Florida	Kraton Chemical, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Exposure to harmful substances or environments
An employee was trying to open a pastillator basket filter (turns resin product into quarter-inch beads) when the pressure built up underneath the filter, causing the liquid resin to splash onto and burn his face and right forearm. He was hospitalized.
2018-03-12	Panama City	Florida	The Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack	Multiple trunk locations	Transportation incident
An employee was pinned between a customer's truck and an alignment rack, suffering four fractured ribs, multiple bruises of the body, and a hematoma to the liver. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-03-09	Panama City	Florida	C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc.	Brain	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was installing an inflatable blow plug into a 30-inch ADS pipe when it ruptured as he was pumping air into it, knocking him unconscious inside the catch basin. He suffered a concussion and lacerations to his upper lip and left ear, requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-16	Panama City Beach	Florida	Coastal Metal Roofing, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was walking on a walkway between buildings and brushed up against the guardrail. The railing detached and the employee fell about 22 feet to the ground. The employee also struck an air conditioner on the way down. He was hospitalized with a serious cut to the head and a broken ankle and sternum.
2018-01-24	Panama City	Florida	Holiday Inn Panama City	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was cleaning a coffee pot with bleach when he inhaled chemical vapors. He began coughing and his throat was burning, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-09	Panama	New York	Odell Farms	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was climbing down from a tractor when his foot slipped off the bottom rung. He fell to the ground and broke his hip, requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-09	Panama City	Florida	Precon Corporation	Thigh(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was cutting a piece of plywood with a "skew" saw when it kicked back and cut his right thigh. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-09-08	Panama City	Florida	RCM Interiors, LLC	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
On September 8, 2017, an employee was helping to dismantle a scaffold when he stepped backward and fell approximately 6 feet to the ground. He fractured his right ankle and was hospitalized.
2017-08-03	Panama City	Florida	Bay Center Rehabilitation, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was holding a shower door open for a patient when the door shut on her right pinky finger, causing a possible fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.
2017-07-27	Panama City	Florida	Centennial Roof Corp	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was walking on the flat metal roof of a warehouse and fell through a skylight resulting in broken ribs and lacerations.
2017-05-30	Panama City Beach	Florida	U.S. Dept of the Navy	BODY SYSTEMS	Depletion of oxygen
On May 30, 2017, an employee was diving to a depth of 82-84 feet with a team in the Gulf of Mexico. He was using an oxygen tank, got tangled in the line and the air shut off. He was found unconscious by other divers and was brought to the surface were he was resuscitated.
2017-05-23	Panama City	Florida	Origin at Seahaven	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee's right index finger was amputated when strong winds blew a door closed on his finger.
2017-05-19	Panama City Beach	Florida	Gorman Company	Leg(s)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A temporary employee was using a pallet jack to unload materials at a jobsite when the pallet jack moved toward him. The pallet jack or the materials lacerated his legs, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
2017-02-09	Panama City	Florida	ERMC Property Management Company of Illinois, LLC.	Head and trunk	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a utility cart to a cafe to pick up garbage when she overcorrected her steering to miss a parking lot island pier and flipped over. She was pinned underneath the utility cart and sustained a head injury, a fractured clavicle and pelvis, broken ribs, and a punctured lung. She was hospitalized.
2017-01-06	Panama City Beach	Florida	Ammons Construction Services, LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On January 6, 2017, at around 10:00 AM, an employee was using a baker scaffold to patch concrete on interior walls when he fell about 4 feet to the hard floor below, fracturing his pelvis.
2016-09-25	Panama City	Florida	Geo Group, Inc	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was going down the stairs when he fell and was found at the bottom floor. He was hospitalized with a hip injury.
2016-09-22	Panama City Beach	Florida	Big Cooks Siding and Trim, LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was installing a vapor barrier to the outside of a new home while working from an extension ladder when he lost his balance and fell 6 to 8 feet to the ground, breaking his pelvis.
2016-07-29	Panama City	Florida	Bay Center Rehabilitation, LLC	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing up on the roof with a 10-foot extension ladder while carrying a box of air conditioner filters when the ladder shifted, causing him to fall about 6 feet to the ground. He suffered a muscle strain and bruising in his right shoulder and was hospitalized.
2016-06-08	Panama City Beach	Florida	Pompano's Restaurant	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting vegetables with a knife when his left index fingertip was amputated at the fingernail.
2016-05-16	Panama City Beach	Florida	Rental, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
While washing a skid steer with a pressure washer, an employee's left wrist was cut by the water pressure. The employee began to feel sick later that day and was hospitalized.
2016-05-06	Panama City Beach	Florida	U.S. Dept of the Navy	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee walking between buildings tripped and fell, breaking her right ankle.
2016-03-26	Panama City	Florida	Arizona Chemical Company, LLC	Multiple face locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was opening a valve to obtain a sample of hot rosin for testing when the rosin splashed toward the right side of his face and ear, causing second degree burns. He was hospitalized.
2016-03-21	Panama City	Florida	Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.	Hip(s)	Collision between water vehicle and object
An employee was attempting to rig a concrete weight to move it away from the gangway. The vessel shifted in the water and moved, pinning the employee between the gangway and the concrete block. The employee suffered a broken hip.
2016-03-04	Panama City	Florida	National Boiler Service, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was replacing a bearing in a space heater when his leather glove was caught at the edge of the separator bar (the rotating mechanism inside of the heater) as it turned. His right thumb was caught between the separator bar and the outer shroud (the heater's fan with a filtration system) and was amputated from the first joint.
2016-01-16	Panama City	Florida	Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was repairing the condenser unit on the roof when he slipped and fell 10 feet on top of the freezer resulting in a broken collar bone, broken ribs and a sprained wrist. He was hospitalized.
2016-01-16	Panama City	Florida	Universal Protection Services	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was moving his chair and tripped over the rug and fell. He was hospitalized for a head injury and a laceration to the right ear.
2016-01-15	Panama City	Florida	WestRock	Ankle(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While an employee was removing the gear box from the chip silo and sliding it onto a four-wheeled cart, the cart moved and pinched his left ankle between the cart and the outside wall of the chip silo, fracturing it. He was hospitalized.
2015-12-11	Panama City	Florida	Engen, LLC.	Thoracic region	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
An employee was at the edge of the vault observing work inside the vault when he passed out and fell 8 feet down into the vault. He landed on a water pipe resulting in a broken mid-back.
2015-10-02	Panama City Beach	Florida	Labor Ready Southeast, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An SSA Gulf employee was unloading cargo when his finger became caught between the cargo, amputating a portion of his left index finger.
2015-09-21	Panama City	Florida	Jensen USA, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was holding onto the dryer's control panel that was on the fork of a pallet jack operated by his co-worker. As the pallet jack was coming down the aisle, the control panel (weighing about 400 pounds) hit a box and the control panel fell onto the employee's leg fracturing the tibia.
2015-07-18	Panama City Beach	Florida	Summit Owner's Association	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level
After talking with a customer, an employee turned around and fell down on the floor, breaking her right tibia. She was hospitalized overnight for surgery.
2015-07-14	Panama City	Florida	Shorty's Structures, Inc.	Sacral region	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was holding a wall on a new house with five other employees. The bottom top plate broke adding weight to the wall. Everyone let go of the wall except the injured employee. The wall fell on him causing a fracture to his sacrum.
2015-05-28	Panama City	Florida	S.W.A.T. Pest Control of Northwest Florida, Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working on a lawn mower on a mower jack with the safety device on. The employee grabbed the safety device and pulled it out causing the lawn mower and jack to lower, catching his left ring finger under the jack. The fingertip was amputated.
2015-05-04	Panama City	Florida	Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
While a transporter machine was moving a 20'X20' of steel sheet metal, an employee got caught in a 3'X2' hole on the steel sheet metal, lacerating his right lower leg.