Palm Harbor: On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, a contractor was airlifted to a local trauma center Monday afternoon after sustaining a severe injury while working on the roof of Temple Ahavat Shalom, located at 1575 Curlew Road.
Palm Harbor Fire Rescue units were dispatched at 1:37 p.m. and arrived to find a man in his 30s with a deep laceration to his upper arm. The injury occurred while the man was operating a grinder during stucco work.
Firefighters Fenton and Craw accessed the roof using a ground ladder already in place and began immediate patient care, applying a tourniquet to control significant bleeding.
Acting Lieutenant Bacon upgraded the incident to a trauma alert and requested assistance from Truck 62 out of Dunedin. The truck’s aerial bucket was used to safely remove the patient from the roof.
Once extricated, the man was flown by Aeromed to a nearby Level 1 Trauma Center for further treatment. His current condition has not been released.
No additional injuries were reported.
