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

Fibrwrap Construction, Inc

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Fibrwrap Construction, Inc, US Naval Amphibious Base, CORONADO, CALIFORNIA 92118 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

While mixing concrete with a mixer drill, and employee's left index finger was caught in the blades, partially amputating the fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Handtools-powered, n.e.c.

Pall Corporation

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

Koch Foods of Cincinnati

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

Stella-Jones Corporation

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

Mack Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

Nutmeg Container Corporation

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Kenrick Design/Construction Services, Inc.

An employee was working on unscrewing a knee wall panel (corrugated metal) next to an unguarded stairwell in order to expose the structure behind it. He lost his balance and fell 7 feet to the concrete landing of the stairwell. He was hospitalized with lacerations on the front and back of his head, fractures to both forearms, and a knee injury.

CTA Architects P.C.

An employee was conducting an exterior inspection of a building. A fire escape was used to access the facade of the building. When the inspection was completed, the employee turned around at the edge of the fire escape platform to descend the ladder to the ground floor. A construction worker was descending the fire escape from the floor above. There were vibrations, and the employee's right foot gave out, causing them to fall approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to their nose and right cheekbone, and three fractures to the pelvis. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Forms+Surfaces

On March 5, 2025, an employee was lifting a 49-pound roller die onto an angle roller machine. The die dropped while they were setting it down. It landed on their right little finger, amputating some of the tissue on the finger. The employee sustained a medical amputation of the finger including bone.

South Point Constructors

An employee was checking grade in the area when a skid steer backed over his leg, lacerating it.

Alfred Benesch and Company

An employee was operating a pedestal-mounted core drill to obtain core samples. The employee had reached the bottom of the concrete pavement while operating the drill and the drill bit stopped spinning. After reengaging the drilling process, the injured employee raised the drill bit halfway out of the concrete pavement and fell off the pedestal plate, hitting his head on the concrete pavement. The employee sustained a head injury including loss of consciousness, bleeding, bruising, and facial fractures.

Department of Justice - USMS

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

M1 Support Services

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

Dept. of Defense - USN

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

Dept. of Homeland Security - CBP

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

Sycuan Casino Resort

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.