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

Petco

Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Petco, 10355 Federal Blvd, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO 80260 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

An employee was bitten on the hand by a cat and required hospitalization.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Cats, felines-domestic

Petco

An employee was administering a vaccine to a dog when they were bitten in the neck, resulting in injuries to the thyroid and esophagus.

PETCO

An employee was being trained on a forklift and traveling around a charging station when he hit a parked lift and became pinned between the two vehicles, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization.

Petco

An employee was preparing a dog for a bath and nail trimming. As the dog was attached to the groomer's helper, it became violent. The dog did a barrel roll and proceeded to bite the employee's hand as it tried to escape from the groomer's helper.

Petco

On 3/7/16, an employee using the mobile vet clinic was hospitalized with an infection after being bitten by a cat.

Petco

An employee was injured while attempting to remove a cat from a kennel. The employee was bitten on the left thumb, causing two puncture marks on the left thumb.

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PetSmart- Store 422

An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.

Angel's Pet Hospital

On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.

U.S. Postal Service

A letter carrier was delivering mail when a dog attacked him. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

Miramar West Animal Hospital

An employee was assisting a doctor with treating a dog when the dog bit them on their face near their eye.

Community Partners

An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was being trained to use a counterbalance forklift. While operating the forklift under the supervision of his trainer, the employee exited one aisle and began turning into another when his left foot struck the end of a racking angle iron (rack protector). The employee was hospitalized with multiple foot and ankle fractures.

Chewy, Inc

On April 7, 2025, an employee was operating a triple pallet jack when it slid and the employee's left leg was caught between the jack and a pallet rack system. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left tibia.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was operating a dock stocker when it struck an order picker that was stopped. The employee's left leg was pinned between the vehicles. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and an avulsion to the foot.

Petco Dc Annex

An employee operating a dock stocker and unloading a trailer. While traveling toward the end of the dock, he collided with another dock stocker. His left hand was crushed between the two dock stockers and the middle finger was amputated.

PetSmart

An employee was putting a dog into a kennel when the dog pulled on the leash and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture and required surgery.

ABC Supply Company

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

Burke Builders Inc

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

Circle Graphics, Inc.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

FLATIRON CONSTRUCTION CORP.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

Takkion OPS Management

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.