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

Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walt Disney World Park and Resorts, 1180 Seven Seas Drive, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).

An employee was walking on a railroad swing bridge platform carrying a wrench when he lost balance and stepped between bridge ties injuring his knee.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Bridges, dams, locks

Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

An employee was walking backstage when she tripped on a panel/barrier attached to a pole and fell. The employee sustained shoulder fractures and was hospitalized.

Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

An employee was on an extension ladder working on a light fixture. The employee fell onto a concrete floor and sustained a right ankle injury and a cut to the back of the head.

Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

On December 10, 2021, an employee was climbing a fixed ladder to a coffee shop roof to repair the HVAC system. The employee fell approximately 9 feet to the surface below, resulting in a hip injury.

Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

An employee was descending stairs. The employee fell at the last step, landing on the concrete and suffering a knee contusion.

Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

An employee was descending a 6-foot A-frame ladder when he lost his balance on the second rung and fell to the ground, breaking his hip.

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U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking to a customer's door to deliver a package when they tripped on uneven pavement and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a hip fracture.

Nordstrom

An employee was leaving work for the day when he tripped over mulch and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

4M Building Solutions

An employee was walking on the sidewalk toward the front entrance of the building to start her work shift. She tripped over uneven pavement and fell onto the concrete sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip and a sprained left knee.

Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

An employee was walking into work through a doorway when she tripped on the door sill and fell to the floor, fracturing her humerus.

Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity

An employee was leaving for lunch. The wheel of her knee scooter struck a divot in the floor which caused her to fall into a metal rack. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder.

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.