Home Depot Accident Guide
Florida Injury Lawyer
There are more than 2,300 Home Depot Stores in North America with approximately 158 in the State of Florida. Some of the busiest Home Depot stores in Florida include the East Fort Lauderdale Home Depot, 1000 Ne 4th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304; the Winter Park Home Depot, 5351 Diplomat Circle Orlando, FL 32810; the Jacksonville (Lane Ave) Home Depot at 855 Lane Ave South Jacksonville, FL 32205; the Orlando Millenia Home Depot at 4403 Millenia Plz Way Orlando, FL 32839; the Miami (Calle Ocho) Home Depot at 3030 SW 8th St., Miami, FL 33135; and the Tampa Stadium Home Depot at 1712 N Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, FL 33607.
Thousands of people visit these Home Depot locations in Florida and throughout the United States each day for home improvement products; construction materials, truck rentals; equipment rentals; tile flooring; drywall and other products stored low and high in its 100,000 square foot warehouse.
Unfortunately, considering the size of Home Depot, the variety of products available, number of customers/employees coming and going, accidents are bound to happen. Some of the most common accidents are due to wet floors, broken sidewalks, unsecured product that falls, careless employees and inadequate warnings of hazardous conditions.
Don’t believe us? Take a look below. We have compiled a small list from publicly available sources of accidents and incidents that have taken place at Home Depot.
Falling Objects (January 2021): Cyrenus Leroy Amon, a delivery driver for a third-party transportation company, was fatally injured following an accident at Home Depot in St. Petersburg, Florida. As he was unloading drywall off the back of the truck, some of the construction material suddenly fell, striking Mr. Amon, causing his death.
Parking Lot Accident (January 2023): An elderly man was fatally hit by a car in the parking lot of the Hazlet, New Jersey Home Depot. No further details were available.
Pedestrian Accident (March 2021): A 20-year-old Home Depot employee, Enoch Isaac Jackson III, was struck by a pickup truck pulling a trailer making a left-hand turn near the contractors’ entrance to the store in Jacksonville, Florida. Despite wearing an orange vest, the pickup truck driver told Police he did not see Mr. Jackson or his coworker who sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Mr. Jackson was tragically killed.
Forklift Accident (November 2021): A Home Depot employee died at the Fleming Island, Home Depot (#6369) located at 1575 County Rd 220, Orange Park, FL 32003. Elijah Chute, 22, was crushed by a forklift and subsequently died in November of 2021 when the semitruck he was unloading suddenly and unexpectedly pulled away.
Pedestrian Accident (July 2023): An elderly man, Herman Spiegel, was struck and killed in the crosswalk of the Home Depot parking lot at U.S. 441 and Glades Road in Boca Raton, Florida. While the vehicle operator saw Mr. Spiegel in the crosswalk, and even stopped to let him pass, for unknown reasons he suddenly accelerated into Mr. Spiegel causing him to violently hit the ground. Mr. Spiegel was taken to the Emergency Room at Delray Medical Center where he subsequently died.
Parking Lot Accident (October 2023): A 42 year old man was struck and killed by a fleeing vehicle in a hit and run car accident in the parking lot of Home Depot in Lompoc, California.
Dog Bite Attack (March 2023): A customer in a Colorado Home Depot store was bitten in the face by a Great Dane owned by another customer.
Forklift / Falling Object Accident (May 2022): A forklift operator at the East Palo Alto, California Home Depot was lifting a pallet of water when a case suddenly became dislodged from the raised pallet killing the employee.
Forklift Accident (June 2022): An employee at the Home Depot store in Roswell, Georgia was seriously killed in a forklift accident. The employee, a 54-year-old woman, was standing on a forklift when a crowbar sticking out of a cardboard compactor impaled her. Fortunately, she received immediate medical attention and survived the incident.
Forklift Accident (November 2022): A Santa Fe, New Mexico customer was run over by a forklift operated by a Home Depot employee. The customer was knocked over by the forklift before it drove over his right foot, which ultimately had to be amputated below the knee. It was alleged the accident happened because the load was stacked too high thereby obstructing the forklift operator’s view of customers. Additionally, a second employee was not present to direct customers away from the forklift as required by Home Depot’s own policies/procedures.
Forklift Accident (September 2022): A Monroe, New York Home Depot employee was seriously injured after being trapped under a forklift.
Falling Object Accident (June 2022): A man was injured at a Home Depot store in Lynchburg, Virginia after a rack of plants fell on top of him. Officials report the victim was leaving the Home Depot store on Graves Mill Road when the load in his tractor-trailer began shifting. He got out to secure the load. When he opened the doors on the back of his truck, a rack of plants fell on top of him resulting in injuries that required emergency care.
As you can see, accidents do in fact happen quite often at Home Depot injuring customers and employees. When they do, it is important to know what to do. After a Home Depot Accident, you must:
1) report the incident immediately to Home Depot. Do not leave the store without filing an incident report. Make sure you take a photo of the report with your phone. Despite what the employee taking the report may tell you, they will not provide you with a copy after you leave.,
2) take photos of the accident location, the injury causing condition and any employees or witnesses in the general area;
3) identify witnesses and get their names and contact information;
4) seek immediate medical attention.
Not sure where to get treatment after a Home Depot Accident with injury? For ease of reference, for several emergency care providers near Datny Law’s offices in Boca Raton, Wellington and Winter Park are inserted below.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
800 Meadows Rd
Boca Raton, FL 33486West Boca Medical Center
21644 State Rd. 7
Boca Raton, FL 33428Delray Medical Center
5352 Linton Blvd
Delray Beach, FL 33484Wellington Regional Medical Center
10101 Forest Hill Blvd.
Wellington, FL 33414HCA Florida JFK North Hospital
2201 45th St.
West Palm Beach, FL 33407AdventHealth Winter Park
200 N Lakemont Ave
Winter Park, FL 32792
5) do not accept any money, gift cards or sign any settlement documents such as a Release without consulting a Home Depot Accident Lawyer like David B. Datny, Esq.
Warning! After your Home Depot Accident you will get a call from Sedgwick, which is the third party claims administrator for Home Depot. While the adjuster may seem kind, caring, compassionate and express a sincere desire to help you after the accident; this is not the case. They may tell you to submit your medical records/bills to Sedgwick so Home Depot can pay them, which is not true. Home Depot will not pay any of your medical bills unless they are forced to do so. Sedgwick’s job is to gather enough evidence and information from you prior to obtaining an attorney to deny your claim or materially limit it. Sedgwick knows once you have an attorney they are prohibited from contacting you. This is why they immediately contact you after an accident and aggressively push for discovery knowing an attorney would not provide the same absent judicial intervention. The best way to protect yourself from being taken advantage of by Sedgwick is to retain a skilled personal injury attorney with experience dealing with Sedgwick/Home Depot like David B. Datny, Esq.
Do not wait to get the help you need from an experienced Home Depot Injury Attorney. Call me today at 561-221-7474 for a FREE consultation. There is NO FEE unless we win your case.
