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

OLP CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at OLP CONSTRUCTION, INC., 200 Epcot Center Dr., ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32821 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was holding a stake to be driven into the ground by another employee when the employee was struck on the hand with a sledgehammer, suffering a fingertip laceration.

Hospitalized Fingertip(s) Sledges, sledgehammers

LRE FOUNDATION REPAIR, LLC

The injured employee was holding a board that was being cut by another employee. The board kicked back, causing the saw to amputate the employee's left little finger and lacerate their left hand, resulting in nerve damage.

Fenson Contracting, LLC

On September 26, 2023, an employee was working in a trench box while a co-worker was lowering a piece of plastic pipe by hand using a rope. The pipe swung and struck the employee's hand, fracturing their right thumb and middle and ring fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Swift Beef Company

An employee went over to a co-worker's station while the co-worker was using a powered meat knife. As the injured employee was pointing, his right index fingertip was amputated.

The Wilbert Group

Two employees were using a handheld banding tool to make banding tape for tent set-ups. One employee was holding the banding tool and the injured employee was looping a metal clip around the tape. The tool closed while the injured employee's hand was near the banding mechanism. The banding tape caught the employee's right ring finger as it tightened, resulting in a partial amputation.

Penn Line Tree Service, Inc.

An employee was holding a branch against a log on the ground to make a wedge while another employee was using a chainsaw to cut the wedge. The saw slipped and struck the employee holding the branch, resulting in a laceration to the right wrist.

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.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

Cross Management Corp.

An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.

STEEL STRUCTURES AMERICA INC

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

Trejo Concrete & Steel, LLC

An employee was operating a power drill when it slipped. The drill bit punctured the employee's hand and they were 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.