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

BriteView Landscape Services

Nonvenomous insect bites · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at BriteView Landscape Services, 8300 W 38th Ave, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 80033 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the nonclassifiable.

While conducting landscaping, an employee was bitten by an insect. The employee sustained an infection.

Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Insects, arachnids, mites, unspecified

Inline Plastics Corp.

An employee was bitten on the leg by a spider while cleaning cobwebs and developed an infection.

Pratt & Whitney

An employee was bitten by an insect. The bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

On May 24, 2019, an employee was bitten by a spider. The employee was hospitalized the next day when the bite became infected.

Westin Fort Lauderdale

An insect bit an employee who was working at a caf . The bite became infected, and the employee 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.

Southeast Service Corporation

An employee was sweeping the entrance of a building. Her right foot caught on the corner of a carpeted area, causing her to fall. She suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.

Southeast Service Corporation

An employee was walking toward the custodial closet when they stepped on a corner of the corridor where there was some floor stripper on the floor. They slipped on the wet solution and struck their head on floor. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.

Sherlock Tree Company Inc

An employee was trimming a tree with a chainsaw and lacerated their left ring and little fingers, leading to amputation and hospitalization.

Landscape Impressions

An employee was using a snowblower to remove snow at a residential property and amputated two fingers.

ABC Supply Company

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

Burke Builders Inc

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

Circle Graphics, Inc.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

FLATIRON CONSTRUCTION CORP.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

Takkion OPS Management

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.