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

U.S. Department of the Navy

Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Department of the Navy, 47253 Whalen Road , PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND 20670 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.

An employee was inspecting under the hood of a fire truck's engine compartment when the hood shut on the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation.

Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Fire truck, other emergency equipment truck

U.S. Department of the Navy

An employee was moving a storage locker when the locker slipped causing an amputation to their right little fingertip without bone loss.

U.S. Department of the Navy

An employee was pressure-washing the inside of a submarine's ballast compartment. The spray from the pressure washer gun swept across his knee and lacerated it.

U.S. Department of the Navy

An employee was rigging and guiding loads during crane operations. The crane lifted a 212-pound generator and tipped over with the boom crushing a nearby structure. Two employees on top of the structure jumped clear of the falling crane boom. A stanchion pole impaled the injured employee's upper thigh and they sustained lacerations to the thigh and buttocks. The second employee did not require medical treatment.

View U.S. Department of the Navy's full OSHA safety record →

Matthews International Corporation

An employee was fixing a mechanical casket lift in a vehicle when the lift came down on their left-hand fingers, resulting in amputation of two fingers.

Walgreens Distribution Center

An employee was helping to remove the clamp attachment paddles from a forklift so they could then repair a hydraulic leak. The clamp fell and pinned the employee's right ring finger against the mast. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

Beacon Building Products

An employee was on a truck attempting to stow an aluminum extension ladder onto the truck's conveyor boom system. As the conveyor mast was lowered, the boom control area came down on top of the employee's left foot, resulting in two toe fractures.

Frontier Forklifts & Services

An employee was standing on the elevated forks of a forklift to install the fork chain anchor nut. The employee slipped and as he went to catch himself, he accidentally engaged the up-down control for the forks. This caused the forks to fall onto his foot. The employee's right foot was crushed and all of his right toes were amputated.

United Rentals - Aerial

An employee was working on a scissor lift when a portion of the unit came down and struck their head at the lift base. The employee sustained a head laceration and a skull fracture.

U.S. Dept. of the Air Force

An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose and fell to the level below, resulting in a fractured femur.

Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas District

A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee was assisting a fire crew with clearing a forest trail. The employee was struck in the left leg by a fire-rated chainsaw. The chainsaw struck the employee underneath their chaps and above their boot. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Katmai Government Services

An employee handed a fuel hose to another employee at a gas station pump and then turned around, tripped over the hose, and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Bureau of Land Management

An employee was conducting fire suppression operations on a wildfire. He pulled a hose from the engine. He then charged the hose and began to put on his gloves. A flareup occurred and the employee sustained burns to his face and hands.

United States Marshals Service

An employee was closing a gun locker in his automobile trunk when his left middle finger was partially amputated by the lid.

National Security Agency

An employee was ascending a flight of stairs after exiting their vehicle in an adjacent employee parking lot. The employee stepped to the right to avoid another employee on the left who was descending the stairs. The employee lost their balance and fell on the stairs. They were hospitalized with a laceration/abrasion to their chin, a fractured left humerus, and bruising to their left knee.

U.S. Postal Service

A mail handler was moving BMCs on the loading dock when they fell from the loading dock to the concrete ground below. The employee was hospitalized with head trauma.

SJW Contractors

An employee was on an A-frame ladder while preforming demolition of a ceiling. A section of HVAC ductwork fell on the employee and knocked them to the ground approximately 12 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and lacerations.

U.S. Department of Army

On the morning of July 24, 2025, an employee was conducting synthesis of a highly toxic experimental chemical (nerve agent) in a chemical fume hood. The operation was completed at approximately 11:30 AM. The employee was exposed to the chemical and began experiencing symptoms of illness/poisoning around 1:30 PM and was hospitalized.