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

Walmart Supercenter 2159

Fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walmart Supercenter 2159, 1869 Plaza Drive, OLEAN, NEW YORK 14760 on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.

An employee was hospitalized with a neck fracture after falling through shelving in a garden center.

Hospitalized Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders Shelves, shelving

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

An employee was using a shepherd's hook to help position a jib crane. The hook slipped and the employee fell into an adjacent structure, suffering three broken ribs and a punctured lung.

BLU-D Construction, LLC

An employee was taking measurements of a parapet cap when they fell to the ground sustaining fractures to a shoulder and arm.

Carpenter Contractors of America Inc

An employee was cleaning a two-story house. They fell approximately 12 feet from the roof to the floor and sustained fractures to both wrists.

Azteca Milling, Lp

An employee was using a water hose to clean the outside of a wastewater drain system when he fell into an area of the drain that was not covered. Hot water and chemicals caused first, second, and third-degree burns all over the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized.

Heartland Tank LLC

An employee was cutting down a steel above-ground storage tank. He was on the roof of the tank when he fell 20 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken elbow and sprained leg. The employee was wearing a harness that was tied off at the time.

Walmart

An employee tripped over a chair in the break room and fell, resulting in lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

Walmart, Inc.

An employee was performing a pre-operation assessment of an electric pallet jack. The pallet jack activated and pinned the employee's left leg against a guardrail, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Target Corporation Store #1196

An employee was standing on a pallet when their foot caught on the pallet and they fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right femur.

DILLARD'S

An employee fell from a chair to the floor, suffering a broken right leg/ankle. She was hospitalized.

Penney OpCo LLC dba JC Penney

An employee fell to the floor in a store, suffering a broken right femur, a contusion and inflammation under the right eye, and a contusion and inflammation to her left wrist and forearm.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

VILLAGER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.