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

MACY'S, Inc.

Trip without fall, n.e.c. · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at MACY'S, Inc., 451 E ALTAMONTE DR. , ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32701 on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the knee(s).

A maintenance employee was working on the roof. He was walking down the fixed stairs from the cooling tower when he missed a step and both his knees gave out. He caught himself on the rail and did not fall. He suffered from torn tendons behind both kneecaps, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Macy's Inc.

An employee was walking in the store when she tripped and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left hip and required surgery.

Macy's Inc.

An employee was taking pictures of and monitoring balloons in the sky during a balloon fest event. He tripped over a construction cone and fell to the concrete, resulting in a fractured hip.

Macy's Inc.

An employee was descending a staircase from a stockroom when she missed the last step and fell to the floor, fracturing her right ankle.

Macy's Inc.

On June 9, 2021, an employee tripped while fixing an HVAC system and fell onto the system. Three fingers on his right hand were amputated.

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Evergreen Packaging, LLC

An employee was cleaning poly from the edge of the pressure roll on an extruder. The employee tripped and caught his hand in a nip point as he tried to brace himself. The Injury resulted in a partial amputation of two fingers and a de-gloving injury to two other fingers.

The Arc of Litchfield County

An employee caught her foot in a pallet and twisted her back resulting in a back hernia that required surgery.

BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER

An employee walking through the company parking garage stumbled while passing between two parked cars. She suffered multiple fractures in her right ankle.

Rushmore Forest Products, Inc.

An employee was walking from one deck to the deck feeder. As he crossed the gap between the two, his foot became caught in the chainway, breaking his right ankle.

PRIMARK US CORP.

An employee was walking into the stock room when they slipped on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a sprained left wrist and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

JCPenney Distribution Center

An employee was climbing down a ladder. She fell from about 3 feet up, grabbed storage racking but could not break her fall, and landed on the floor. She suffered an injury to the left knee, as well as cuts on the right middle and ring fingers. She was hospitalized.

Dillard's

An employee was exiting the building and walking down the stairs with co-workers when she fell down the stairs and landed on her left hip, fracturing it.

Kohl's Green Bay West

An employee was utilizing an inclined conveyor belt in the stock room to transport a bathroom rug to the second floor. She was at the bottom of the conveyor belt when the rug fell into the conveyor roller mechanism, jamming it. She was working to clear the jam when her right arm became caught in the 3.5-inch gap between the powered conveyor belt and the underside roller. The employee was hospitalized with six fractures, including her forearm, index finger, ring finger, wrist, and thumb, as well as a severed artery. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.

The TJX Companies, Inc

An employee was repositioning merchandise after the floor was stripped and waxed when they slipped on uncured wax and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right femur.

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.