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

Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton, LTD

Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Diamond Manufacturing of Bluffton, LTD, 505 East Jefferson, BLUFFTON, OHIO 45817 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

On October 15, 2018, an employee was welding a rack when the employee's clothing caught fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the chest, three right-hand fingers, and left arm.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Clothing, unspecified

Falls Manufacturing Company/a U-Haul Co.

An employee was welding metal parts. The employee turned to the left and their work uniform came in contact with the location on the part that had just been welded. The employee's uniform ignited, causing burns to their shoulder and back.

Flint Ag & Turf

An employee was using a small propane heater when they sustained third-degree burns to the left buttock and second-degree burns to the back and neck.

Novae, LLC.

An employee was welding steel dump ramp slides. He leaned over and a previous weld caught his hoodie on fire. The employee sustained burns on his left side from the armpit to the waistline.

Pik Rite Inc.

An employee was using a fiber wheel to cut a 55-gallon drum to make a trash can. As they were cutting, sparks flew into the barrel and fire came out of a hole on the barrel, catching the employee's shirt on fire. The employee sustained burns to their abdomen and chest, requiring hospitalization.

DC Power Tong, LLC

An employee was removing tubing caps and cleaning tubing ends with solvent. Their flame-resistant pants became soaked with the cleaning solvent and were ignited by a propane torch used for removing tubing caps. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their legs.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

An employee was pulling a steel parts handcart when its wheels caught on something and locked up. The cart fell backward. The cart handle struck the middle of the employee's right foot, breaking bones. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc.

An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The saw kicked back, and its blade cut three fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in an amputation.

Architectural Metal Solutions, Inc.

An employee was installing a door from an A-frame ladder. He fell from the ladder, landed on his feet about 8 feet below, and suffered a broken tibia.

Spectrum Lighting, Inc.

An employee was leaving the building at the end of the day when she missed a step and fell, fracturing her right foot.

Metal Zinc, LLC

Two employees were running a CNC folder machine. The injured employee went to adjust the metal and the machine came down, crushing her forearms. Her left arm was fractured and both arms required stitches.

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.