Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-30 | Clearwater | Fl | Duncan Construction Corp. | Multiple upper extremities locations | Trip over an object without fall |
An employee was carrying a bucket of hot roofing tar. He was walking to the back of the building when the wind blew a tarp into his path and onto his feet. The employee stumbled and hot tar fell out of the bucket, landing on the employee's arms, from the elbows to the hands. The employee sustained third and fourth degree burns requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-06-04 | Cutler Bay | Florida | Eddie B's Roofing Enterprises, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
An employee was walking behind a roofing tar kettle when the kettle door exploded, causing hot tar to contact and burn the employee's face, back, shoulder, and neck. |