Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Epic Personnel Partners LLC, 2388 Mason Ave., DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA 32117
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee selecting product from the racks fell to the floor after a pallet jack went by, breaking his left wrist.
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More severe injuries at Epic Personnel Partners LLC
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack in a warehouse. The pallet jack ran into a mobile cart, which struck the employee's right shin and broke it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was stepping off a pallet jack after parking it at the chargers when the pallet jack moved and pinned his foot between that pallet jack and another one. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
On August 20, 2023, an employee was driving an electric pallet jack when he noticed an issue with the wheel. The pallet jack then collided with a forklift and the operator sustained a tibia fracture.
On January 29, 2022, at approximately 8:06 p.m., an electric pallet jack operator was injured when he was pinned between the pallet jack and storage racking shelves. The employee sustained a laceration to the calf and fractures to the tibia and fibula.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
A temporary employee was rigging secondary steel when the steel joist fell to the ground and struck his lower left leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
A temporary employee was helping set up a stage for a concert. The employee was run over by a mobile cart and sustained a toe amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee was operating a reach truck and stopped at an intersection within a warehouse. After a brief a conversation, another employee's reach truck accelerated unexpectedly and struck the injured employee's stationary truck crushing his foot. He sustained fractures to his left foot and toes requiring hospitalization and surgery.
A temporary employee was operating a plastic strapping machine on an assembly line. The machine wrapped the employee, causing crushing injuries to their ribs and a kidney. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.