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

TRAVERS ELECTRIC, INC.

Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at TRAVERS ELECTRIC, INC., 6 Commercer Drive, SKOWHEGAN, MAINE 04976 on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.

An employee was performing electrical work from the platform of a scissor lift when the scissor lift tipped over. The employee fell 20 to 25 feet to the ground and suffered a fractured pelvis.

Hospitalized Pelvis Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

First Generation Masonry, LLC

An employee was getting a tool bag that was on a second-story roof when they fell from the roof to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to their rib cage and lower back.

Midwest Seamless Gutters and Siding Inc.

An employee was installing a clip on the roof when they slipped and fell approximately 25 feet to the ground below, resulting in a broken hip, broken leg, and bleeding in the brain.

Warren Roofing & Insulating Co. Inc

An employee was setting up the worksite for the day. While moving an extension cord, he fell backward off the roof of the two-story building and sustained a broken pelvis.

Carrera Services Inc.

An employee was going up in a lift to begin trimming trees with a chainsaw. He was approximately 20-25 feet in the air when the latch to the bucket got caught and detached. The bucket then tipped causing the employee to fall to the ground. He sustained fractures to his right elbow, right wrist, and left femur.

A&M Contractors

An employee was laying down felt paper on a new residential property when they fell approximately 21 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures of the L2 vertebra, right tibia, and left wrist as well as a left heel dislocation. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time.

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.

HB Fleming, Inc.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

GERRITY INDUSTRIES

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

O&P Glass

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

Cives Steel Company New England

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

Longroad Energy

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.