Titan Florida LLC

An employee was using a jack to place a small railcar back on track. The weight of the car shifted and the employee's right ring fingertip was caught between the jack and the railcar resulting in a partial amputation.

On May 2, 2024, at approximately 3:45 AM, an employee was adjusting a conveyor belt with a wrench when their hand slipped off the wrench and became caught between the chain and the sprocket. Their left middle and index fingers were amputated.

An employee was walking underneath a silo when he tripped. The employee reached for a head pulley gear box and his finger became caught in the belt, resulting in a degloving injury that required medical amputation of the right middle fingertip.

An employee was evaluating a machine that was getting stuck. The employee climbed over the middle railing and top railing with a spade tool in hand. The spade tool moved back and forth and amputated the tips of the employee's index, middle, and ring fingers.

An employee was attempting to remove the drag link, also known as a steering arm, on a ready-mix concrete truck. He removed the front nut and was attempting to remove the rear nut but it would not come free. He then used a sledge hammer and struck the nut, which came off, causing the steering to swing and strike the employee on the left cheek and eye. The employee sustained a left orbital fracture, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

A temporary employee turned off a planer machine, opened the housing, and began clearing a jam. The machine's spinning blade caught his right hand and degloved the index finger.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

After clearing a plugged cement feed chute underneath a silo, the injured employee asked a coworker to "bump" the rotary feeder to confirm material flow had resumed. The rotary feeder's inspection port was open, and dust was escaping until the injured employee covered the hole. Material then built up and prevented a visual inspection inside the feeder. The injured employee then instructed the coworker at the operating switch to stop the machine. While the feeder was still rotating due to inertia, the injured employee pushed the packed material out of the inspection port. A rotating blade partially amputated their right index fingertip.

Liquid concrete was being unloaded from a ready-mix truck into a mobile dump buggy. An employee was holding the truck s chute handle while standing beside the buggy. As the dump buggy moved forward, the employee s fingertip was caught and pinched between the chute handle and the buggy s bucket. The left ring fingertip was amputated.

At approximately 3:30 PM, on 4/30/2025, a Quikrete employee was exiting a tractor trailer when he slipped and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.

An employee was utilizing a 10-foot fiberglass ladder to install an antenna on the side of a one-story residential home. The height of the mounted antenna from the ground was approximately 12 feet. While completing the installation of the antenna the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete below, resulting in two fractured heels.

An employee was on a flatbed straightening return pallets when they sustained a back injury.

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 inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

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.