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

Claypool Electric

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Claypool Electric, 1275 Lancaster/Kirkersville Road, LANCASTER, OHIO 43130 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the thigh(s).

An employee was unloading light poles when a pole slipped from his hands. He tried to stop the pole from falling with his leg and suffered a right upper thigh injury that required hospitalization.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Utility and telephone poles

Southern Metal Processing Company, Inc.

An employee was trying to move a pressure vessel when it fell over. A stud on the top of the vessel struck and gouged the employee's stomach.

Alro Steel Corporation

An employee was standing a steel bar on its edge when the bar fell onto his left hand, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

Olive Garden Holdings, LLC

An employee was unloading the dishwasher and dropped a glass, resulting in a left hand laceration that required hospitalization.

Amys Kitchen Inc

An employee was removing a jam from a blancher. As he went to remove the blade, he dropped it, lacerating his leg.

Downs Racing, L.P.

An employee was mounting a TV when they dropped it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

Smart Building Technologies - A Fidelity Company

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

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.

Mintcrest Corp

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.

Cupertino Electric, Inc.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

Swedberg Electric, LLC

The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

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.