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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC., 3060 Eggers Ave, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44105 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

An employee was lighting an oxy-propane torch when a leak allowed a flame to propagate up the employee's arms, burning them.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.

Kelley Steel Erectors, Inc.

An employee was working on a pipe at a steel producing facility. Flammable material inside the pipe ignited, causing burns to the employee's face and torso.

KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.

An employee was using an electric grinder on a weld joint, opening up the joint on the bottom flange of a steel beam. The grinding disk caught an edge of the beam, kicked back, and lacerated the employee's neck. He was hospitalized.

KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.

An employee was moving a piece of steel to its landing position when his left fourth digit fingertip was caught between the steel and its landing position, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

KELLEY STEEL ERECTORS INC.

An employee was on an 8-foot step ladder performing maintenance tasks when he fell off the ladder to the platform below and rolled down 21 feet into an unguarded pit. He broke his left arm and leg.

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Sam Galloway Ford, Inc.

An employee was cleaning a cordless drill. As they applied brake fluid to the drill and pulled the trigger, the fluid ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face, hands, and arms.

Canfor Southern Pine, Inc.

An employee was welding on a rack when sparks ignited residual diesel on his pants. The employee sustained first-, second-, and third-degree burns.

Freedom Trailers, LLC

An employee was spraying glue to the floor of an enclosed cargo trailer. The fumes made contact with the heater causing a flash fire. The employee suffered burns to their face and right hand.

Flora-Bama Management, LLC

An employee was replacing a valve in the gas line to the fryer. The shutoff valve malfunctioned resulting in a gas leak that then ignited. The employee sustained burns requiring hospitalization.

JANUS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLC

An employee was using a torch when a hole in the oxygen line leaked gas that then ignited. The employee sustained burns to the left palm and wrist.

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.

Red Dot Corporation

An employee was attempting to lift a steel beam from a horizontal, stacked position to a vertical position using a crane. They had placed two hooks on the east side of the beam on the flange. As the employee was hoisting the crane, the beam began to shift and pulled the employee forward onto the stack. When the material shifted, the hooks released and the material fell, pinning the employee between the two beams. The employee was hospitalized with soft tissue contusions on their proximal right thigh and interior left thigh.

Cornell & Company, Inc.

An employee was standing on the surface of a steel beam about two feet wide. He slipped and fell backward, landing on the concrete ground about 20 feet below. The employee sustained a broken pelvis.

K Constructor, LLC

An employee was unloading a rebar delivery from a flatbed, 19-wheel trailer. The employee rigged the load with wire rope chokers. The load was picked up 3-4 feet above the trailer deck by a crane. The load began to swing and the employee grabbed onto it to prevent it from being pushed off the trailer deck. The crane continued to lift the load, and the employee let go so the crane did not lift him to the third story. The employee fell approximately 12 feet to the ground below, resulting in a back injury and fractured vertebrae.

Bowman Steel, LLC

An employee was attaching a steel angle plate weighing (approximately 200 pounds) to the end of a structural member (5,000 pounds) and was supported by dunnage. The dunnage was a crane mat (11 inches tall) with a 4x6 board on top of it and it supported five identical members. The main piece was 30.75 feet long, 37.25 feet tall, and 1 food wide. As the employee slid the piece of metal on top of the member to begin attaching it, the entire member began to tip over. The employee went to stop the main piece from tipping over and it landed on his ankle, fracturing it.

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.