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

Acuity Brands Company

Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Acuity Brands Company, 1300 S. Wolf Road , DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).

At about 3:50 p.m., an employee was driving a forklift when it struck another, stopped forklift. She suffered an injury to her left ankle and was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Ankle(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Prairie Farms East Side Jersey Dairy

An employee was riding on a powered pallet jack near a sewer drain. The pallet jack hit a dip near the sewer drain, and the employee s left foot hit a clamp truck parked in a charging station. He suffered a cut to the big toe, as well as fractures in the toe and the foot.

Staples

An employee went to step off material handling equipment to grab their jacket when the throttle of the vehicle engaged. The vehicle reversed and the employee's left foot was crushed between two material handlers, resulting in a fracture.

PRODUCTIV INC

An employee was working at a height of approximately 20 feet and was standing outside his forklift's basket attachment. His forklift was struck by another forklift, causing the employee to fall to the warehouse floor below. The employee sustained facial injuries, broke two ribs and an arm, and also suffered a head injury. The employee was wearing a harness at the time but it was not connected to an anchor point.

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.

On November 8, 2023, an employee was operating a stand-up pallet jack in the warehouse. As he was backing up, the pallet jack struck the basket of a parked aerial lift. His right ankle became caught between the pallet jack and the aerial lift basket resulting in a fractured ankle.

John A. Biewer Co. of Wisconsin

On October 26, 2023, at approximately 12:00 PM, an employee operating a four wheeler was on their way to an off-property break location. The employee stopped the four wheeler near the administrative office to allow a log truck to exit the property. The log truck backed up, and the employee's left ankle was caught between the log truck trailer and the four wheeler, resulting in a fracture and laceration.

BARBIZON CHARLOTTE, INC.

Employee 1 was in the basket of a 30-foot lift, working approximately 25 feet off the ground. Employee 2 was working as ground support and repositioning a hoist that was being used for a lighting fixture. During this move the lift started to tip over. Employee 2 then went to use his bodyweight to keep the lift from falling. The lift fell and struck employee 2's leg causing a fracture. Employee 1 was in the lift basket when it impacted a staircase and he hit his head. He sustained several injuries including a head contusion, a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs, a spinal injury, and a lower extremity injury. Both employees were hospitalized.

Apogee Lighting Holdings LLC

An employee was cutting a piece of foam on a table saw when he lost his grip on the foam and his right hand struck the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration.

Specialized Inspection Group

At about 11:15 a.m. on February 21, 2022, an employee was loading a reflector onto a punch machine. The punch activated and cycled. It came down on the employee's left hand, resulting in partial amputations to the middle and index fingers to at least the first knuckle.

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.

An employee was operating a yard mule and fell from the vehicle, resulting in a broken hip.

Apogee Lighting Holdings LLC

A temporary employee was moving aluminum extrusions to a saw area. The blade of a radial arm saw cut his left index finger. He was hospitalized.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.