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

Publix Super Market Inc.

Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Publix Super Market Inc., 1910 N John Young Parkway, KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA 34741 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was being trained on a walkie stacker when her left thumb was caught between the handle and a storage rack. The thumb was broken.

Hospitalized Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Pallet jack-powered

Publix Super Market, Inc.

An employee was unloading a truck when his right big toe contacted the lift gate, resulting in a fracture and hospitalization.

Publix Super Market, Inc.

An employee was stocking a shelf from a 2-foot stepladder. The employee fell from the stepladder to the floor, suffering a broken left femur. The employee was hospitalized.

Publix Super Market, Inc.

An employee was blocking product on the shelves when he had an asthma attack and was hospitalized.

Publix Super Market, Inc.

An employee fell to the floor while walking down stairs, suffering a broken left ankle.

Publix Super Market Inc.

An employee was walking when she lost her balance and fell, fracturing her kneecap. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

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Chewy, Inc.

On December 13, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift. When they stepped off the forklift, it crushed their left foot between the lift and a racking system. The employee suffered a foot fracture that required hospitalization.

Windigo Logistics Fountain

An employee was maneuvering a motorized pallet jack while standing in front of it. He became pinned between the pallet jack and a steel rack cross-beam, resulting in a contusion to his chest/back and a fractured rib.

The Whitaker Company

An employee was stacking empty drums into a trailer. The employee then exited the trailer, using the forks of a forklift as a step. The forklift's parking brake failed, causing the forklift to move forward and pin the employee's right leg between the forklift and the trailer. The employee's right lower leg was crushed, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

Texas Multi-Chem, Ltd

An employee had been spraying weeds behind a school. As he was leaving the field, the employee drove his truck up to the gate, got out, and opened the gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned him against the fence/gate. The gate then gave way and opened from the force of the truck. The employee's left index fingertip got caught in the fence/gate and was amputated.

PactivEvergreen, Inc.

An employee was using a walk-behind tugger to pull a grinder. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the handle of the tugger and the framework of a staircase. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Fortune Foods Texas Inc.

Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.

Giant Food Stores

An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.

Meijer Stores Limited Partnership

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

Shady Maple Farm Market, Inc.

An employee fell down a flight of stairs to the floor and suffered contusions and lacerations to the forehead and lips. She was hospitalized.

Harris Teeter #352

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.