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

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 89 John Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

An employee was using a wrench to remove a filling from a transformer when he felt something pop in his right arm.

Hospitalized Arm(s), unspecified Wrenches-power not determined

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

An employee was struck by and caught between two work vehicles. The employee suffered internal bleeding and a fractured leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

An employee was using a ground and test device on a 13-kilovolt distribution feeder. Thirty minutes after completing the operation, the employee was notified of a burning smell in the vicinity of the feeder. While investigating the burning smell, the employee approached the test set-ups when the input high-voltage test lead failed at the connection point to the block and contacted the employee. The employee was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized for burns.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

An employee was disposing of a switch when her left thumb was caught and amputated between the equipment and the container. The employee's thumb was surgically reattached.

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

An employee was descending a ladder when he fell to the ground below. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder and potential internal injuries.

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Athol Memorial Hospital

An employee was pushing a patient in a wheelchair up a ramp when she felt a sudden pain in her middle and lower back, resulting in hospitalization.

XPO Logistics

An employee sustained a hernia while manually pulling on a dock plate that was stuck against a trailer. The employee was hospitalized.

Olive Garden USA

An employee was pushing tables together to seat a party of 20 when he felt a sharp pain and experienced difficulty breathing. The employee was hospitalized for a collapsed lung.

Sam's Club #8269

An employee was walking and pushing a basket with cardboard on it when she felt her left knee crack. The employee's left femur was broken.

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.

Cherokee Electric Cooperative

An employee (a lineman) was working to restore power by installing a hand line when he contacted a high-voltage device (7,200 volts), resulting in electrical burns to his upper body and hands.

Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC

A chain sling failed while a utility pole was being removed. A chain link struck an employee who was operating a front-end loader, puncturing the employee's chest.

Public Service Electric & Gas

An employee was working with an underground crew to troubleshoot a BUD failure. The employee was removing a fuse from the fuse holder when the fuse blew on the riser and an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his face, nose, lips, and neck.

Bright Star Solutions, Inc

An employee was connecting two wires when his rubber insulated gloves failed and he suffered an electric shock to his right hand, resulting in an electrical burn.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

VILLAGER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.