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

Brewer Yacht Yard Cowesett, Inc.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Brewer Yacht Yard Cowesett, Inc., 100 Folly Landing, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND 02886 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).

An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when a piece of wood shot back and struck him in the eye.

Hospitalized Eye(s) Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.

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.

BRINY BREEZES

A team of employees was moving boats from one slip in a marina to another using rope. An employee slipped while moving around in a boat and suffered a broken left femur.

MHC Property Management, L.P. (ELS)

An employee was at a guard shack checking in and directing guests. After motioning a camper forward, he turned to head back to the guard shack and the first rear tire of the camper struck his left foot and he fell to the ground. The second rear wheel went over his right leg, resulting in a fractured femur. The employee was hospitalized.

Love Watch Hill & Sailors Haven Inc.

An employee helped to load garbage onto a boat. The boat bumped into a piling, causing the employee to fall in the water. The propeller of the boat lacerated his lower left leg from the knee to the foot.

PORT 32 Marinas Marco Island

An employee was washing a boat when they fell from the boat to the ground. The employee sustained a compression fracture to a vertebra.

Gateway Healthcare, Inc.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

Electric Boat Corporation

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE STORES, INC.

An employee tripped on a rotor on the floor of a store, fell, and suffered a broken right thumb.

Johnson & Wales University

An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.

Brown University

An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.