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

CABKA NORTH AMERICA INC.

Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less · Third or fourth degree electrical burns

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CABKA NORTH AMERICA INC., 123 Byassee Drive, HAZELWOOD, MISSOURI 63042 on — Third or fourth degree electrical burns, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.

An employee was working on a 220-volt breaker when an arc flash occurred, resulting in third degree burns over much of his body.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, unspecified Switchboards, switches, fuses

CABKA NORTH AMERICA INC.

An employee was on an auger when it was turned on. The employee suffered a toe amputation.

CABKA NORTH AMERICA INC.

While trimming flash from a plastic pallet, the knife slipped and stabbed the employee's thigh.

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Best Buy

An employee was repairing a microwave at a customer's residence when he suffered an electrical shock, which caused burns to both his hands.

Seabrook Village, Inc.

An employee was setting up music for a fitness class. As the employee plugged their personal device into the outlet, she was shocked. The employee experienced pain in her left side, mainly in her arm and head.

NY Developers & Management Inc

Two employees were testing the phase voltage of the 208 volt bus bar circuit. An arc flash occurred during the testing. One employee suffered burns to the face, neck, and hands. Another employee suffered burns to his arm.

Anchor Construction Corporation

An employee was in a manhole pulling a 120-volt spider to connect it. The spider snapped and struck his chest. He was shocked and hospitalized.

Daystar

An employee was wrapping lights around a tree when their right arm contacted exposed wires, resulting in electric shock.

General Polymeric Corporation

An employee was monitoring a rotary press when his left hand became caught in the machinery. The employee's left middle finger was amputated at the distal interphalangeal joint.

MCM Plastics, Inc.

An employee was sweeping in an area with powdered PVC on the floor and began having difficulty breathing and coughing up blood, The employee was hospitalized for inhalation of PVC.

Lawter Inc.

An employee was working on a pastillator machine, which processes resin-based materials into solid pastilles. His right hand became caught between the feed roller (operating at approximately 350 F) and the cooling belt. The employee s glove and shirt sleeve adhered to his arm due to the heat. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his right hand and forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

AdvanSix, Inc.

An employee was troubleshooting a leak on a low pressure (less than 50 PSI) condensate line in the oxidation area of the plant. He was working to remove insulation around a valve when either the valve or the line failed, and hot condensate contacted his right arm, right abdomen area, and the front of both legs, resulting in second- and third-degree burns.

Rochling Machined Plastics

An employee was replacing a fan on a cooling unit. As he went to adjust a pump, the unit caught his right hand and the fan blades severely lacerated his index finger. He underwent a medical amputation to the finger.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

Dollar Tree

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Plumb Supply Company

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.