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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Evoqua Water Technologies LLC., 1776 Buckeye Rd., LIMA, OHIO 45804 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was attempting to replace the permeate port on the end-cap of a reverse osmosis vessel. The equipment retained pressure, which caused the end-cap to be forcibly removed. The pressurized end cap struck the employee's right hand against a support member, amputating two fingers.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC

An employee was offloading vessels from a truck when the employee's right pinky finger was caught between a vessel and metal cage, resulting in a fingertip avulsion and partial amputation.

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC

An employee was welding and had cramping in his arms and hands. He was hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC

An employee was using a dolly to remove bottles from a box truck when he slipped and fell on the dock plate, landing flat on his back and striking his tailbone.

Evoqua Water Technologies, LLC

While treating water in an aboveground tank, an employee became ill from heat exhaustion and was hospitalized.

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Lowe's Home Improvement

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

S & J Construction, LLC

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

RMVK Enterprise, INC.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

Dustrol Inc.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

WalMart #436

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

NATIONAL MILL MAINTENANCE, LLC

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Elkhorn Mechanical and Combustion

An employee was climbing a ladder to inspect a vent in a restaurant dining area. The ladder slid out on the floor and the employee fell approximately 12 feet onto the ladder and the floor. He was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a back injury.

Crown Lift Trucks

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation - Valhalla

An employee was disassembling a pressurized unit using a driver drill. When the unit was disassembled, it caused a kickback from the tube head, causing the drill to strike the employee's left forearm. They sustained a diaphyseal fracture to their left radius and ulna, which required surgery.

Ring Power Corporation

After repairing a piece of industrial equipment, an employee had brake-cleaning liquid on his gloves. A lighter ignited the liquid, and the employee's hands were severely burned.

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.