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

Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified · Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, 11 Centre Place, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102 on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.

An agent was working out in the gym and had a mild heart attack.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Texas Christian University

An employee was participating in volleyball warm-up practice. The employee was serving volleyballs overhead when he suffered a hernia and was hospitalized.

Gordon Food Service Store

On July 27, 2023, an employee was making a delivery when he tried to prevent a box from falling off the dolly. The employee heard a snap in his right knee. He fell to the ground, striking his head on the pavement. On July 28, 2023, while at home, the employee's right leg gave out and caused the employee to fall, tearing the quadriceps in both legs. The employee was hospitalized.

United States Department of the Army (DA)

During an aircraft egress drill, a firefighter suffered chest pain and shortness of breath. He was taken to the hospital for a heart attack.

Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol

On 7/31/2025, an employee was training to ride an ATV when it went into a draw and she went over the front of the ATV, landing on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

While stepping backward from a filing cabinet, an employee tripped on computers stacked in a walkway. The employee fell about 5 to 6 feet back, their head and neck striking a desk and chair. The employee suffered pain and swelling in the neck, a hematoma on the head, and a concussion.

Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC)

A firearms instructor was performing routine training. Their pistol discharged while their right hand was in line with the muzzle and the employee's middle finger was partially amputated. The finger has been surgically reattached.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

An employee was performing high dynamic movements while training. As he moved from kneeling to the next position, he suffered femoral neck fracture.

U.S. Dept. of Navy

A crane was being tested in the ground support equipment area. An employee stumbled backward over the driver's side front outrigger, fell, and landed on his left wrist while trying to brace himself, resulting in a wrist fracture.

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.