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

J PALERMO MASONRY, INC.

Nonclassifiable · Bruises, contusions

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at J PALERMO MASONRY, INC., One Quarter Mile Lane, BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY 08302 on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.

An employee operating a prime mover slipped and received a contusion on the leg. Three weeks later, the employee was admitted to the hospital due to an infection of that injury.

Hospitalized Leg(s), unspecified Nonclassifiable

Target Corporation

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

Westlund Excavating LLC

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hader-Seitz, Inc.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

Rivian Automotive, LLC

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

Mid-City Electric Co

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

Zimmerman & Herr

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

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.

Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland

A maintenance employee was 6 feet up an 8-foot ladder to hand someone a bucket when he lost his balance and fell backward to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of his head that required staples, a concussion, and three fractured neck vertebrae.

RMI Cement LLC

An employee was sitting on the tailgate of a moving pickup truck while holding the handles of a wheelbarrow. The employee fell off the tailgate and struck his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a brain bleed.

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.