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

Ecowater Systems, Inc.

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ecowater Systems, Inc., 17471 Hwy 15 North, RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI 38663 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee's left ring finger was partially amputated while she was removing a valve from a manual valve tester.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Valves, nozzles

NorAm Drilling Company

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Stalworth Underground LLC

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

HT Energy LLC

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

TKM BENGARD FARMS, LLC

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.

Douglas Machines Corp.

An employee was feeding stainless steel into a shear when the shear amputated four of their fingers. The machine was not guarded.

JV MANUFACTURING, INC.

An employee was wiping down the face of a large steel door on a piece of equipment. Their right hand was pinched between the hinge and the door frame as the door opened further. The employee sustained a fractured hand and required surgery.

JV MANUFACTURING, INC.

An employee was sweeping trash when a stack of chuting material (6 feet x 3.5 feet) fell and struck their leg. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

Alto-Shaam, Inc.

An employee was assembling commercial kitchen products with a handheld nail gun when they tripped over the air hose reel while their finger was on the trigger. A nail was discharged into her left leg above the knee.

Howard Industries Inc.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

Owl's Head Alloys West Point

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

Heavy Equipment Movers and Installation, LLC

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.