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

Health New England, Inc

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Health New England, Inc, 1414 Main Street, SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01144 on — Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments, affecting the thigh(s).

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs carrying packages from the mailroom when the employee missed the last step and fell to the hard stairwell surface. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured quadriceps tendon.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Stairs, steps-indoors

Electrical Contractors Inc.

An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.

M1 Support Services

An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.

FEDEX Ground Package System, Inc.

An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.

SRM Concrete

An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.

U.S. Postal Service - Los Angeles P&DC

An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.

Dr. Shackleford

An employee was working from a step ladder while cleaning lights when they fell, resulting in a broken wrist and an injured knee and ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

American Family Insurance

An employee was at a customer's home conducting a claim inspection for water damage. She was transferring from the roof to a ladder when she slipped and fell about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to her pelvis and tailbone, and torn muscles in her hip and leg. She was hospitalized and required surgery.

HUMANA INC

An employee was using a step ladder placed on a countertop. The employee lost their balance and fell approximately six feet to the floor below, resulting in a fractured right femur that required surgery and hospitalization.

HUMANA INC

An employee was walking in the parking lot when they tripped over a concrete parking stopper and fell. The employee sustained a hip injury.

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

An employee was walking down a hallway when they slipped on water and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a broken right leg.

A&S Services Group

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

American Flowform and Machining, LLC

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Warner Brothers, LLC

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

Roby's Propane Gas

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.