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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

The Home Depot, Inc.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at The Home Depot, Inc. , 1989 Township Road 142, VAN BUREN, OHIO 45889 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).

On January 10, 2018, at approximately 10:30 p.m., an employee was cutting stretch wrap on a pallet when he tripped and fell to the same level, fracturing his femur. He was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

On October 30, 2024, an employee was removing a water-soaked ceiling tile while on a ladder. The tile fell out of the ceiling and the employee tried to get out of the way of the falling debris. He missed a step on the 6' ladder and fell to the floor. He struck his head and sustained an abrasion on his left arm and a rupture of his left patellar tendon.

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

On June 8, 2023, an employee was using his right hand to close the trifold liftgate of a box truck when his left little finger got caught between sections of the gate. The employee's left little finger was partially amputated.

The Home Depot, Inc.

An employee was driving a triple electric pallet jack, traveling northbound in the main drive aisle. A smaller electric pallet jack was traveling southbound on the opposite side of the drive aisle, which is separated by a pedestrian walking aisle. The employee turned toward the inbound side of the building prior to crossing the pedestrian walkway and entering the opposing drive aisle. The two pallet jacks collided. The employee was ejected from their pallet jack, fell to the floor, and her left leg was run over by the smaller pallet jack. The employee sustained crush injuries to the lower leg and foot that required amputation of the lower leg.

The Home Depot, Inc.

An employee was moving a pallet. When he swung the pallet to the floor, a protruding nail on the pallet cut his left forearm and hand. He suffered a broken left wrist.

THE HOME DEPOT, INC.

An employee was operating a standup counter-balanced forklift and was traveling toward a unit of plank siding with the forks trailing. He tried to stop the lift using the dead man pedal. His right foot was crushed between the lift and the plank siding.

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Walmart Stores 4686

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

Walgreens Co.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

TJX Companies / TMaxx

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

Walmart, Inc. - Walmart Supercenter #1794

An employee was picking an item in the picking area when a can of sweet peas fell onto his left ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation through the phalanx.

Walmart, Inc.

An employee was in the dairy cooler and bent down to get something for a customer. While standing up, the back of his head struck a top stock cart. The employee suffered a brain bleed and required surgery.

Costco Wholesale Corporation

On June 5, 2025, an employee was pouring a bottle of antimicrobial produce wash when they inhaled the product and sustained irritation in their lungs and dizziness. The employee was hospitalized.

Fanatics, Inc.

An employee was walking when their foot caught on the edge of a plate connected to a beam and they fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

The Martin-Brower Company

An employee was preparing to make a delivery to a store when his hand was caught in the side lift gate of the trailer. The employee sustained tissue amputations of his middle and ring fingertips and an open fracture to the tuft of his ring finger.

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.