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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

ARCELOR MITTAL

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at ARCELOR MITTAL, 3060 EGGERS AVENUE, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44105 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was carrying a roll of shrink wrap. The employee tripped over a pallet and fell, the roll crushing the employee's left little finger against the floor. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Floor, n.e.c.

Arcelor Mittal

An employee was at the door of a pulpit. His left hand was on the door jamb when the door closed on and pinched his left ring finger, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation.

ARCELOR MITTAL

An employee was walking over a transfer surface for hot steel bars when the employee fell towards the hot bar. The employee's right leg came in contact with the hot bar, receiving second and third degree burns from the knee down and above the ankle. The employee also received a burn on the left wrist.

ARCELOR MITTAL

An employee was climbing down from the bottom rung of a portable ladder that was leaned against a segment of a caster on a transport car. While dismounting the ladder, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 3' 2" to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured vertebrae in the back and required surgery.

Arcelor Mittal

On April 16, 2018, an employee was on a 12-foot ladder soldering a water pipe in the ceiling with a propane torch when the torch flashed, causing first degree burns to the employee's right shoulder and face. The employee fell from the ladder and sustained a concussion, fractured ribs, and fractured vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.

Arcelor Mittal

An employee burned 90-foot long scrap rails to cut them in half and make them easier to move. One of the steel rails rolled over, hitting another rail and causing it to also roll over and crush the employee's left ankle. He required surgery.

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Walmart Stores 4686

An employee was going to the breakroom when they tripped over a chair and fell, resulting in a hip fracture.

Walgreens Co.

An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.

TJX Companies / TMaxx

An employee tripped over a box and fell to the floor, fracturing their right arm.

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital

An employee was preparing for a CT scan when she tripped over a loose strap and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.

An employee used a crane to set down a bar. The bar measured 9 inches by 16 feet. The strap got stuck under the bar, and the employee asked another employee to jog the roll. The bar rolled and pinched the injured employee's left hand, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Priefert Manufacturing

An employee was loading a steel forming machine with steel to be processed. He went to move a cooling hose out of the way and his left thumb was crushed by the forming roller, resulting in injuries that required surgical amputation.

CF&I Steel L.P.

An employee was advancing a rail to line up for welding with a secondary rail on the weld line when his right middle and ring fingers were caught between the rails. The employee sustained an amputation to the top knuckle of the middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.

United States Steel Corporation

An employee was working near molten metal and experienced heat illness symptoms including cramps. The employee was hospitalized.

Tampa Bay Steel, LLC

An employee was preparing bundles of 24-foot square metal tubing to be loaded onto a truck and cut the safety band for a bundle. While the employee was removing a piece of dunnage from a bundle, they bumped the bundle with their leg. The metal tubing then fell forward and struck the employee, causing a fractured left ankle.

United States Postal Service

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

Foundation Steel, LLC

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

GXO Logistics

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

Abbott Electric Inc

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

American Electric Power Company

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.