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

Kenny Construction

Nonclassifiable · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kenny Construction, 2020 Jackson Pike, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43223 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.

An employee was removing steel pipe. As he was cutting the clamps off the pipe, he cut into the second clamp, which was on a charged 6-inch air line. He was injured and required surgery.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Nonclassifiable

This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212321). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →

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.

APAC-Alabama, Inc.

After completing a run with an oil distributor truck, an employee was working to return (suction) the hot oil to the tank of the truck. When the employee opened one of the valves, hot oil (approximately 385 degrees) sprayed their face, resulting in first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

Knife River Corporation South

An employee was cleaning the cylinder on a 55-gallon barrel pump. While he was cleaning built-up material from under the baseplate, the piston started moving and caught his thumb against the seat. Three-quarters of an inch of the thumb was degloved; he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Great Southwestern Construction

An employee was actively involved in the rigging process and was providing verbal directions to both the forklift operator and the spotter. The operation was temporarily halted after the pole section was raised approximately two to three feet out of the ground to adjust the rigging. The employee walked under the forks and gave direction to lower them. While doing so, the employee placed their right hand on top of the rigged pole for support and used their left hand to adjust the rigging components. The base of the mast came in contact with the employee s right hand, resulting in a laceration and amputation of the right index finger.

FESCO, Ltd.

A FESCO employee was on top of a trailer assisting a forklift operator with placing equipment onto the semi-truck trailer. While on top of the trailer, the employee stepped backward and fell off the trailer to the ground, landing on his back. The employee was hospitalized for a fracture of their C5 vertebra.

Twin State Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.

An employee was walking through a parking lot after leaving a shop when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip.

United States Postal Service

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

Foundation Steel, LLC

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

GXO Logistics

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

Abbott Electric Inc

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

American Electric Power Company

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.