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

Petsmart, Inc.

Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Petsmart, Inc. , 265 Chelmsford Street, CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 01824 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was attempting to open a dog crate when the dog bit the employee's hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Dogs, canines-domestic

Petsmart, Inc.

An employee was about to begin grooming a dog when it bit her left thumb. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

PetSmart, Inc.

An employee was walking a dog to a bathing area when the dog bit the employee. The employee suffered puncture wounds to the right forearm and was hospitalized.

PetSmart, Inc.

An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell resulting in a skull fracture.

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PetSmart- Store 422

An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.

Angel's Pet Hospital

On December 19, 2023, an employee entered a cat kennel to remove a litter box and food and water dishes. The employee was bitten by a cat on her left hand. She noticed swelling the next day, resulting in hospitalization.

U.S. Postal Service

A letter carrier was delivering mail when a dog attacked him. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

Miramar West Animal Hospital

An employee was assisting a doctor with treating a dog when the dog bit them on their face near their eye.

Community Partners

An employee was helping a patient who was carrying a cat up the stairs. The cat bit the employee on their right forearm, resulting in an infection that required hospitalization.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was being trained to use a counterbalance forklift. While operating the forklift under the supervision of his trainer, the employee exited one aisle and began turning into another when his left foot struck the end of a racking angle iron (rack protector). The employee was hospitalized with multiple foot and ankle fractures.

Chewy, Inc

On April 7, 2025, an employee was operating a triple pallet jack when it slid and the employee's left leg was caught between the jack and a pallet rack system. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left tibia.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was operating a dock stocker when it struck an order picker that was stopped. The employee's left leg was pinned between the vehicles. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and an avulsion to the foot.

Petco Dc Annex

An employee operating a dock stocker and unloading a trailer. While traveling toward the end of the dock, he collided with another dock stocker. His left hand was crushed between the two dock stockers and the middle finger was amputated.

PetSmart

An employee was putting a dog into a kennel when the dog pulled on the leash and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture and required surgery.

A&S Services Group

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

American Flowform and Machining, LLC

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Warner Brothers, LLC

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

Roby's Propane Gas

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.