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

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walt Disney World, 1180 West Seven Seas, BAY LAKE, FLORIDA 32821 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee suffered a diagonal amputation of the thumb tip while using a paper guillotine.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Walt Disney World

An employee was in a bucket truck performing repairs on a radio tower when the arm on the bucket truck was retracted. The employee began to step out and onto another step of the bucket truck and fell approximately eight feet to the ground, sustaining a vertebra fracture of the back.

Walt Disney World

An employee was pulling pasta out of a machine. The machine's arm caused a deep laceration between his right thumb and index finger, requiring surgery.

Walt Disney World

An employee slipped while walking down stairs, fell, and suffered a back injury.

Walt Disney World

An employee was conducting a metal detector portal security check and was directing a guest to go through the detector when she tripped on a floor mat that was covering power cables to the portal. She fell and fractured her left wrist.

Walt Disney World

An employee was climbing an extension ladder to a roof and either stepped onto the roof and slipped on dew or miss-stepped on the ladder and fell approximately 9 feet to the concrete ground.

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Mako Contracting, LLC

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

East Penn Manufacturing

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

Ash Brothers Fireplace and Chimney Co

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

RPM & Associates Inc

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tenaris Hickman

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

Tactical Empathy LLC

An employee was working as a background extra for a movie. She slipped while walking through the holding/catering area, falling to the ground and striking her right elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow.

Big Indie Omega, Inc

An employee was dismantling a film set. He was standing on top of a wooden beam when he lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below, striking his head on a standing light. He sustained injuries to his head, torso, and shoulders. A guardrail was in place at the time of the injury.

Apple Studios LLC

An employee had been sitting in a truck that was not on and had no air conditioning. The employee felt ill and was hospitalized for heat illness.

Accenture Song Production Studios

A photographer was walking through a studio toward the production table during a photoshoot. The photographer tripped on a power cord that was taped in place on the floor with a cord cover. The photographer fell, fractured her right hip, and was hospitalized.

Capital Concerts, Inc.

An employee was on a temporary loading dock, receiving pieces of a large tent structure from a telehandler. She was working to straighten a packing blanket when the telehandler lowered it's tines onto her left hand. Her middle finger was degloved from the first knuckle up. The finger required surgical amputation from the first knuckle up.

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.