105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Akal Security, Inc.

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Akal Security, Inc., 333 Constitution Ave NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20001 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee attempted to open a jammed gun locker that then fell on her finger and amputated the tip. She was hospitalized.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Lockers

Amazon FTW5

An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

Tuff Shed, Inc.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

Lufkin Industries

An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.

Cy-Fair Coatings Inc

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

Rodriguez General Carpentry

An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

C. Anderson & Associates, LLC

The injured employee was helping to detain an inmate. A security guard slammed the inmate on top of the injured employee. The employee sustained a back/neck injury.

Securitas Security Services USA

An employee was removing a rope barrier to let a vehicle into an area. She fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left hip. She was hospitalized.

BEST Crowd Management Inc.

An employee was providing security for a stadium event. The employee was attacked and struck in the head with a hammer, suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Securitas Security Services USA

An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.

Wellpath

An employee was reaching to pull a door closed when her right middle finger got caught in the door, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Smart Building Technologies - A Fidelity Company

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

Goodrich Fire & Life Safety

An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Harris Teeter #352

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

Georgetown University

An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

United Masonry and Landscaping, LLC

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.