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

S&H Distributing

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

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at S&H Distributing, 11292 Parmenter Rd, BURBANK, OHIO 44214 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was using a utility knife to open a box when the knife amputated his right thumb tip. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Box cutters and razor knives

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.

Wheelworx, LLC

An employee was using a hydraulic bearing puller (held by a chain hoist) to remove a bearing from a railroad axle. The hydraulic bearing puller fell from the hoist (approximately 18 ) and struck the employees left foot, fracturing it.

R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Material Sales LLC.

An employee had been making deliveries. While unloading material from a tractor trailer, the employee sustained symptoms of heat-related illness. The employee was hospitalized.

KAG Merchant Gas Group, LLC

An employee was loading/unloading product from a trailer at a customer location when he fell 10-12 feet from the top of the trailer to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle.

MAERSK WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION SERVICES USA LLC

The employee was climbing into the driver side of the truck in the parking lot while holding a lunchbox and a clipboard. The employee slipped on snow and fell to the ground, fracturing a hip.

R&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC

An employee was making a delivery and was pulling the customer's freight to the rear of the trailer using the plastic strap around the freight. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall from the rear of the trailer onto the asphalt pavement below. The employee sustained fractures to their left shoulder, elbow and pelvis.

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.