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

Precision Broadband Installation Inc.

Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Strains

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Precision Broadband Installation Inc., 5427 Aqua St, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43229 on — Strains, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.

On November 21, 2019, an employee suffered a back strain while climbing a ladder.

Hospitalized Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Precision Broadband Installation Inc.

On May 21, 2024, an employee climbed a 28-foot extension ladder and unhooked the drop. This released tension that caused the ladder to shake and throw him off. He fell to the ground, suffering broken ribs and a ruptured spleen.

Precision Broadband Installation Inc.

At 2:30 p.m. on February 8, 2024, an employee fell while installing cable, landing about 20 feet below and suffering a broken arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Precision Broadband Installation Inc.

An employee was working from a step ladder to install cable at a bank when the ladder slipped out from underneath him due to snow and ice on the walkway. He broke his leg and was admitted to the hospital.

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School Bus, Inc.

An employee was stepping from a bus onto the curb when they sustained a right strained hamstring.

Massey Services, Inc.

An employee was stepping from a parking block down into a parking spot when he twisted his right ankle, resulting in a fracture.

SVC Manufacturing, Inc.

An employee was stepping down from a work platform to the ground when they rolled their left ankle and fractured it.

Metform, L.L.C.

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. As they were dismounting, the employee felt pain in their leg from stepping down and sustained a left leg fracture.

Comcast of Houston, LLC

An employee in an aerial bucket was attaching a cable to a pole when they contacted a power transmission fuse and sustained burns to their left hand, arm, and shoulder.

Precision Broadband Installation Inc.

At 2:30 p.m. on February 8, 2024, an employee fell while installing cable, landing about 20 feet below and suffering a broken arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Comcast of Houston, LLC

An employee was on a ladder that was leaned against a wire strap while installing cable service. The ladder slipped and the employee fell, resulting in a broken lower left leg.

Verizon New England

An employee was working from the bucket of a bucket truck. After completing his work, the employee lowered the boom of the truck and exited the bucket onto the truck. As he was exiting, he tripped on the door frame opening, fell onto the rear deck of the truck, and then to the ground. The employee suffered an injury that required hospitalization.

AT & T

An employee was standing on a ladder to perform repairs on a cable case when they fell approximately 6 feet to the ground, resulting in a left foot fracture and dislocation.

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.