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

A & D Recycling & Hauling, Inc.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, roadway · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at A & D Recycling & Hauling, Inc., 3902 50th Street, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33619 on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.

An employee who was ill inside a moving roll-off container truck fell out of the truck while trying to roll down the window.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

C. A. Butler LLC

An employee was standing on the step at the back of a garbage truck when he fell to the ground and sustained a facial fracture and a concussion.

Dan Williams Company

An employee was on the back of a traffic control trailer deploying traffic control devices when he fell to the ground and struck his head.

HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

On March 27, 2023, an employee fell from the back of a traffic truck while it was performing a U-turn. The employee landed on the ground and sustained injury to the neck and back.

Penn Waste, Inc.

An employee was riding on a trash truck. When he jumped off the truck, he struck his head on the pavement and suffered a head injury.

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

An employee fell out of a moving postal vehicle as it pulled onto a roadway. The employee suffered broken facial bones and a broken hip.

AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.

A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

Department of Defense

An employee was planing lumber on a jointer. While he was feeding the workpiece into the jointer, it hung up and he lost his grip on it. His gloved hand came into contact with the point of operation, and his left little finger was partially amputated near the first joint.

Honey Homes Inc.

An employee was on an extension ladder cleaning an outdoor dryer duct when he fell to the concrete ground. The employee sustained two brain bleeds, punctured lungs, fractures to their hip, tibia, face, vertebrae, left wrist, shoulder, and upper arm, as well as an open fracture to the arm.

TK Elevator Corporation

An employee was in an elevator pit working on the hoisting cables and compensator sheave. He moved the cables back onto the sheave groves. One of the cables spun, twisted out of the grove, grabbed his glove, and pulled his hand into the sheave. The tip of his right thumb was caught under a cable and was amputated approximately at the knuckle just below the nail.

PDF, INC.

An employee had used cleaning solvent to clean the engine room. The employee turned on a vacuum, which caused an explosion to occur, followed by a fire. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns.

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.