Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-01 | Port Orange | Fl | The Michaels Companies, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On October 1, 2021, an employee was cleaning a floor when he slipped on water and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-18 | Port Orange | Fl | Charter Communications | Multiple body parts | Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway |
A maintenance technician was inside the bucket of a bucket truck, which was on the side of the highway. The bucket was 20 feet in the air when the bucket truck was struck by a passing vehicle. The employee was thrown from the bucket to the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, fractured ribs, and a dislocated shoulder. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Port Orange | Fl | R/J Group, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
On August 12, 2020, a roofer was installing dry-in materials on the roof when he slipped and fell off of the roof onto the ground. He suffered cracked vertebrae and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-29 | Port Orange | Florida | Firestone Complete Auto Care | Head and neck | Explosion |
On April 29, 2020, at 12:45 PM, an employee was walking to the back store room to check the level of the anti-freeze drum. Less then a minute later, an explosion occurred in the building. Two employees ran to the back room and found the employee with face and neck burns and singed hair. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-03 | Port Orange | Florida | US Foods, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
A mechanic was investigating a possible hydraulic leak on the lift gate of a semi-trailer. A hydraulic line on the lift gate released pressurized hydraulic fluid which lacerated the mechanic's right middle finger and fluid was injected into the finger. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Port Orange | Florida | Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. | Brain | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was getting ready to open the department store when a gust of wind hit the front double doors, causing them to strike the employee's head. The employee suffered a concussion. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Port Orange | Florida | Paragon Systems, Inc | Nonclassifiable | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
A security officer working for Paragon was escorting a customer out of an office when the customer physically attacked him. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-08-26 | Port Orange | Florida | Sun Communities, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was mixing chemicals for a pool when he breathed in fumes that burned his throat. | |||||
2018-08-15 | Port Orange | Florida | Target Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cleaning and sharpening a deli slicer when the blade amputated her right index fingertip without bone loss. Cut-resistant gloves were not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-10-10 | Port Orange | Florida | Waste Pro USA of Florida, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was picking up 5- to 10-pound recycling bins when he started feeling lightheaded and having leg cramps. He was hospitalized due to dehydration. | |||||
2016-01-18 | Port Orange | Florida | Rogers Premier Unloading Services | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was moving pallets with a pallet jack and backed into a slit machine (a forklift with wider forks). The blades of the slit machine struck his foot resulting in the fracture of the right pinky toe. He was taken to the hospital for surgery on his broken right pinky toe. | |||||
2016-01-18 | Port Orange | Florida | Halifax Paving, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The employee was helping another subcontractor unjam the lock on the dump truck's gate. The employee put his hand on the latch and when it became operational, the lock struck his fingers and amputated the right pinky and ring fingertips. | |||||
2015-09-02 | Port Orange | Florida | Premier Warehousing Services | Ankle(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was practicing riding on a pallet jack during training when he pressed the rabbit button instead of the horn, causing the pallet jack to move faster. The employee quickly dismounted the pallet jack and landed on the concrete floor, breaking his left ankle. |