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

Sodexo, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sodexo, Inc., Mess Hall # 65, CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA 28542 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

An employee was trying to attach a deep fat fryer basket holder/bracket onto a fryer when her left hand slipped into the fryer grease while the fryer was turned on.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Fats, oils, cooking greases

Sodexo, Inc.

An employee was unloading a delivery from an elevated portable ramp when it collapsed, causing him to fall two stories to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with four fractured ribs.

Sodexo Inc

An employee was sweeping the kitchen floor when she stepped on the broom, causing her to trip and fall to the floor. The employee fractured her left hip and sustained a laceration.

SODEXO, INC

An employee was cleaning a counter when they bumped into a customer, causing their feet to become entangled. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a left hip fracture.

Sodexo, Inc.

An employee was working in the basement when lithium batteries in his pocket caught fire, resulting in burns to his hip and the top of his leg.

Sodexo Inc

An employee was leaving work when she tripped on a floor mat and fell, resulting in a fractured hip.

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OQ Chemicals

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

Husbe Zoaq

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

The Cumberland Rest Inc. dba Trinity Terrace

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

Mueller & Wilson Inc

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

Metz Culinary Management LLC

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.

Morrison Healthcare

An employee was cleaning a steam kettle; he had the floor grate lifted to access the drain area. He tripped on the open floor grate, striking his knee against the steam kettle's drain pipe and falling onto multiple pieces of kitchen equipment. He landed on the floor, where he struck his head. He was hospitalized with lacerations to his ear, which required surgery to repair.

VOLUME SERVICES INC

An employee was outside a freight elevator, reaching in, when the elevator moved and crushed her right hand. She suffered a broken arm and wrist and was hospitalized, requiring muscle surgery.

Compass Group USA

On September 29, 2025, an employee was removing a pan of pasta from the stove when the pan tipped over. Hot water contacted her legs and feet, resulting in burns to both feet that required hospitalization.

Compass Group USA, Inc.

An employee was walking through a passageway sideways when the edge of her shoe got caught and she fell onto her right hip, resulting in a broken femoral head.

Bowman Steel, LLC

An employee was attaching a steel angle plate weighing (approximately 200 pounds) to the end of a structural member (5,000 pounds) and was supported by dunnage. The dunnage was a crane mat (11 inches tall) with a 4x6 board on top of it and it supported five identical members. The main piece was 30.75 feet long, 37.25 feet tall, and 1 food wide. As the employee slid the piece of metal on top of the member to begin attaching it, the entire member began to tip over. The employee went to stop the main piece from tipping over and it landed on his ankle, fracturing it.

Harrah's NC Casino Company, LLC

An employee was preparing hot melted butter on a flat-top grill and placing it in small containers once it was melted. As she turned to set the container down, it slipped out of her hand and landed on the grill. Butter splashed up and hit her in the face. The employee suffered second-degree burns to her right eye and the right side of her head and face, as well as first-degree burns to her right forearm.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee reached into a hamper, picked up a package, and was hospitalized with a back injury that caused pain in his lower extremities.

U.S. Postal Service

On July 10, 2025, an employee tripped over a yellow pillar and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.