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

Kiewit Water Facilities South Co.

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Kiewit Water Facilities South Co., 5100 150th Ave, LARGO, FLORIDA 33770 on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was moving oxygen-compressed air cylinders when one started to tip and fell onto another bottle where his finger was. His finger was caught between the two bottles, fracturing his left pinky finger and knuckle.

Hospitalized Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Oxygen tanks and cylinders

Amazon FTW5

An employee was unloading a trailer when a box fell and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

Tuff Shed, Inc.

An employee had been cutting lumber for a shed wall. A load of 16-foot trim pieces fell onto the employee causing vertebrae and ankle fractures.

Lufkin Industries

An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.

Cy-Fair Coatings Inc

An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.

Rodriguez General Carpentry

An employee was installing doors when one of the doors fell on him, fracturing his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

MidSouth Electric Co-op

An employee was replacing a water check valve at a water plant. He was lifting the valve with two hands when it slipped and contacted his right ring finger, resulting in a partial amputation without bone loss.

Del-Co Water Company

The injured employee was assisting with hitching a trailer to a truck. The employee was working to engage the lunette ring on the trailer with the pintle hook on the truck. A mini-excavator began driving onto the rear of the trailer. The added weight caused the rear of the trailer to lower and the front to rise, creating a pinch point between the trailer and the truck. The employee s left thumb was caught in the latch mechanism of the pintle hook. The thumb tip was partially amputated and required surgery.

Grand Valley Water Users Association

An employee was spraying down an area by a conveyor he had been using. Moving parts (such as rollers and chains) inside a gear box amputated his right arm at the elbow. The employee was hospitalized.

Ndrip

An employee was adjusting a machine attached to a tractor that rolls out hose into a trench. The machine lowered to the ground and part of it landed on his big toe, amputating it.

West Virginia American Water Company

An employee was stung by a bee while working in the field. The employee suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

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.