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

Universal Orlando Resort

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Universal Orlando Resort, 1000 Universal Studios Plaza, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32819 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee's right index fingertip was amputated when it was caught in a projector transport unit's drive belt pulley during a PM inspection.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Audio and video equipment, n.e.c.

UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT

An employee was giving a walking tour when they stepped backward off a curb and fell to the street, resulting in a fractured right elbow.

Universal Orlando Resort

An employee was walking down the path toward her car at the end of the day when she fell, fracturing her right and left wrist. The employee also sustained a chin laceration.

Universal Orlando Resort

An employee was walking down the exterior stairs of an attraction when they fell and sustained a right patellar tendon rupture. The employee was hospitalized.

Universal Orlando Resort

An employee was cleaning a pasta processing machine when her finger was caught in the machine's rollers, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.

Universal Orlando Resort

An employee was prepping the stage and separating magnets using a wooden board when another magnet was attracted by the polarity and the employee's fingers became caught. They sustained an amputation to the left middle and ring fingers.

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Scout Surface Solutions

Employees were assembling and testing a butterfly valve unit and actuator combo. When the unit was function tested with air, the valve gate closed on an employee's left thumb resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation

An employee was doing a daily inspection of the sifter screen on a mixer when the mixer line activated. The armature for the screen struck the employee's right wrist. Their wrist was cut and their hand was fractured.

Maxwell Paper Products Co

An employee was being trained on a machine when a roller came down on their hand, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

Turkey Hill LLC

An employee was doing a dry run during the setup of an ice cream machine. The machine indexed and the filler head amputated the employee's left middle finger above the last knuckle.

Erie Strayer Company

An employee was on a 3-foot ladder guiding cable onto a spool during installation on an overhead door. As the control box was jogged, the employee's hand was caught between the cable and spool, resulting in a wrist and hand fracture.

Universal City Development Partners, Ltd.

An employee was in a paint booth to change filters underneath the booth. She took a step when her right foot fell into an opening in the floor, resulting in a right ankle injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

Walt Disney World Resort

On October 11, 2025, an employee was walking through a parking lot when they tripped on a pavement joint and fell, resulting in a fractured right ankle and a left knee injury.

Walt Disney World Resort

An employee was unloading merchandise from a pallet when she tripped over the pallet and fell forward. Her head and face struck the floor of the stockroom, resulting in multiple head and face injuries that required hospitalization.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts US

An employee tripped on an incline/ramp at the door to a building, fell, and suffered a broken left arm.

Shepherd of the Hills Development, LLC.

At the end of a shift on the downhill coaster, an employee was waiting for an empty cart to arrive at the bottom so he could ride it back up the hill. The cart arrived with its seat belt safety lock engaged. The employee boarded the top of the cart and began working to disengage the lock by reaching under the cart. His right hand and two fingers got caught between the rear wheel of the cart and the coaster rail. His ring and little fingers were crushed and lacerated, resulting in surgery and partial amputation of the ring finger.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.