PLANT CITY, FLORIDA—
Builders FirstSource - Florida, LLC
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Builders FirstSource - Florida, LLC, 1602 Industrial Park Drive, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA 33566 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee's foot got caught between a stationary work table and a rolling piece.
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BUNNELL, FLORIDA—
Builders Firstsource - Florida, LLC
On November 10, 2021, an employee was using a chop saw to cut an overhanging stop attached to a door jamb. When the blade hit the jamb, the blade kicked back and his left hand was pulled into it. His left thumb and middle finger were lacerated and his left index finger was amputated below the first knuckle.
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On May 25, 2021, an employee was bitten on the left hand by a rattlesnake at the loading dock. He was hospitalized.
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Builders Firstsource - Florida, LLC
An employee was attempting to push a roof truss into a larger roller press with his right foot when his shoe laces or pant leg became caught on the truss. The truss then pulled his foot/leg into the roller press, resulting in the amputation of his right foot.
BRADENTON, FLORIDA—
Builders FirstSource - Florida, LLC
An employee was on the interior of a building and leaning out the window to weather proof the flange when the employee slipped and fell 14 feet to the ground. The employee punctured a lung and broke the upper left arm, clavicle, upper chest bone, six left-side ribs, and lower back.
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