Vehicle or machinery fire · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sandestin Investments, LLC, 9300 Emerald Coast Parkway West, DESTIN, FLORIDA 32550
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
Two employees were working at a food preparation and heating cart when a flash fire occurred as they opened the door to the heating compartment, shooting flames out at the employees. One employee received second degree burns to the hands and face; the other employee received third degree burns to the hands and face.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at Sandestin Investments, LLC
On October 9, 2024, an employee was carrying dishes to the kitchen area when they slipped on the tile floor and fell, resulting in a hospitalization. The employee's pelvis was broken in two places and they sustained broken T9 and T11 vertebrae, a broken left shoulder, and a broken left arm.
An employee removed the spark plugs and was rotating an engine to evacuate condensate from the cylinders. An unknown source ignited the condensate and natural gas. The employee sustained burns to the back of his hands and upper leg area.
An employee was operating a front-end loader when a hydraulic line broke, causing the front-end loader to catch on fire. The employee jumped from the cab to the ground and sustained fractures to the T-6 vertebra and a heel.
An employee was moving two totes of turpentine. Noticing that one of them was leaking, he stopped his forklift and began to look for the leak. The forklift caught fire, and the employee suffered severe burns. He was hospitalized.
An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when part of an adjacent machine caught fire. The employee extinguished the fire and suffered smoke inhalation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 721110)
An employee was checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
An employee was removing rigging from a post-tensioning strand when it suddenly whipped and unwound. The employee suffered an avulsion to the right thumb.
An employee was entering a doorway on the seventeenth floor of an enclosed building when the door closed on his left index finger, crushing it. The fingertip was amputated.
A restroom stall door swung open, bounced back at the employee, and the coat hook on the door impaled his left eye. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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.