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

American Red Cross

Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Dislocation of joints

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at American Red Cross, 650 Coliseum Dr., WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA 27106 on — Dislocation of joints, affecting the ankle(s).

An employee was pulling a cart with 140-pound equipment down a wet ramp when she slipped and fell. The cart then struck her ankle and dislocated it.

Hospitalized Ankle(s) Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

American Red Cross

An employee was walking to her car when she tripped and fell in the parking lot. The employee sustained a hip injury that required hospitalization.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

An employee was intentionally struck by a car in the company's parking lot.

American Red Cross

On November 27, 2018, an employee drank contaminated water out of a previously unopened bottle and was hospitalized.

American Red Cross

An employee suffered from carbon monoxide exposure while inside a blood donation bus, requiring hospitalization.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

An employee was attempting to access the roof using a 14-foot fixed ladder. When he attempted to open the roof hatch, the weight of the snow on the hatch would not allow the hatch to open. The unexpected force caused the employee to fall off the ladder. He suffered three broken ribs and a ruptured spleen that required surgery and hospitalization.

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SunPower Corporation

An employee was taking a trash cart to a dumpster when one of their fingers was pinched between the trash cart and the dumpster, resulting in a partial amputation.

ISS Facility Services Inc.

An employee was pushing flat shopping carts back into the cart tunnel. When unjamming the carts, part of the cart struck the employee's left shin, resulting in a laceration and bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.

Ox Paper Tube WI, LLC

An employee was pulling a cart backward in a storage area when his right little finger was pinched between the cart frame and an electrical box mounted to the side of a support column. The employee's right little finger was partially amputated.

Blanchette Field Services

An employee was helping to push a welding trailer out of the path of a truck. The trailer then rolled over a half-inch elevation change that rocked the trailer toward an electrical box. The employee's finger was pinched between the welding trailer and electrical box, resulting in a finger amputation approximately 1/2-inch from the end.

HMC3 Amazon

An employee was unloading packages from a trailer onto a cart. While moving the cart, it struck the employee's heel causing a tear to their Achilles muscle. The employee required surgery.

NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bay Ridge

An employee was walking down the hallway when their leg gave out and they lost their balance and fell to the floor, resulting in a left hip fracture.

Medfleet, Inc.

Two employees were doing emergency medical service work. Their ambulance was leaking exhaust, and both employees developed carbon monoxide poisoning. Both were hospitalized.

Independence First

An employee was walking down the stairs while carrying laundry when they missed a step and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.

KEYSTONE QUALITY TRANSPORT

An employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

MaineHealth

An employee was going to a training course, fell down the stairs to the ground, and sustained a left hip fracture.

Bowman Steel, LLC

An employee was attaching a steel angle plate weighing (approximately 200 pounds) to the end of a structural member (5,000 pounds) and was supported by dunnage. The dunnage was a crane mat (11 inches tall) with a 4x6 board on top of it and it supported five identical members. The main piece was 30.75 feet long, 37.25 feet tall, and 1 food wide. As the employee slid the piece of metal on top of the member to begin attaching it, the entire member began to tip over. The employee went to stop the main piece from tipping over and it landed on his ankle, fracturing it.

Harrah's NC Casino Company, LLC

An employee was preparing hot melted butter on a flat-top grill and placing it in small containers once it was melted. As she turned to set the container down, it slipped out of her hand and landed on the grill. Butter splashed up and hit her in the face. The employee suffered second-degree burns to her right eye and the right side of her head and face, as well as first-degree burns to her right forearm.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee reached into a hamper, picked up a package, and was hospitalized with a back injury that caused pain in his lower extremities.

U.S. Postal Service

On July 10, 2025, an employee tripped over a yellow pillar and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.