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

Sherwin-Williams

Fall on same level due to slipping · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sherwin-Williams, 2121 New world Drive, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43207 on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the knee(s).

An employee slipped and fell down a ramp rupturing a tendon in the left knee. The employee was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Sherwin Williams

A maintenance technician was troubleshooting the pail lid crimper on the production line in the filling department. The sensor activated and the crimper came down on the technician's hand, causing a fracture and laceration to his left middle fingertip.

Sherwin Williams

An employee was lifting up buckets in a spray paint booth. The employee lost balance when they stood up and fell to the floor resulting in a broken femur.

Sherwin Williams

An employee was operating a paint extruder machine when It began to gum up. Half an inch of his left thumb was amputated in an opening on the machine.

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An employee had stepped off a forklift to scan product when pallets behind him fell and struck him, causing a right hip dislocation.

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An employee was training on a forklift when it struck a column. The employee's left foot was broken.

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AT & T

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

REYNOLDS FORD NORMAN

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

The Westervelt Company

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

The Sherwin Williams Company

An employee was delivering 5-gallon buckets of block filler and set a 60-pound bucket down on his little finger, crushing it. The employee sustained the amputation of the fingertip.

Sherwin Williams Disturbution Center

On November 15, 2024, a driver was descending the ladder on his semi-truck and fell. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Sherwin Williams Spray Source Center

An employee was delivering paint to a customer location when they tripped and fell, resulting in a fractured hip.

The Sherwin-Williams Company

An employee hit a store window. The window shattered and lacerated the employee's right bicep, nicking their brachial artery. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Sherwin-Williams Florida Distribution Center

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck in a warehouse when the truck contacted stationary racking and their right foot became pinned under the truck, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

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.