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

COMPASS GROUP

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at COMPASS GROUP, 6515 Wyndown Blvd., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63105 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was cutting bacon with a 10-inch chef's knife when the blade lacerated the employee's left thumb, resulting in a suspected amputation of the thumb tip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.

Compass Group

An employee was taking two bags of trash out to the dumpster when she tripped and fell, striking her shoulder on a railing. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the shoulder.

Compass Group

An employee was putting dishes into a cabinet when a drinking glass fell out. The glass hit the counter and broke, cutting the back side of the employee's wrist. The employee sustained a laceration and tendon damage to their right wrist.

Compass Group

An employee tripped on a carpet and fell forward to the floor, suffering a collapsed lung.

Compass Group

An employee was scrubbing the floor with a ride along industrial scrubber. The employee stepped off of the scrubber, slipped, and extended her leg.

Compass Group

An employee dropped a utensil into a dish machine near its conveyor belt system. He was attempting to retrieve the item when his right hand became caught in the conveyor, suffering a large laceration and nerve damage. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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Mako Contracting, LLC

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

East Penn Manufacturing

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

Ash Brothers Fireplace and Chimney Co

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

RPM & Associates Inc

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tenaris Hickman

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

Compass Group USA

An employee was sitting on a milk crate at the back of a loading dock while talking to another employee. She noticed the other employee began shaking. She went to prevent the other employee from falling when she fell off the dock to the concrete ground, resulting in multiple body injuries that required hospitalization.

Code 4 Catering LLC

Two employees were working in the kitchen area of a food trailer. There was a sudden burst of fire in the kitchen, and both employees were engulfed by deflagration of gas which oriented from a propane-powered griddle. They suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns to their head, face, arms, and legs.

Gategroup

An employee loaded his truck. The dock plate was stuck under the carrier dolly and he could not lift the dock plate from the side while standing on the dock. The employee entered the truck and pushed the dolly away from the dock plate. This allowed him to lift the plate from inside the truck. While lifting the plate, his body shifted forward, and he fell between the dock and the truck, resulting in a fractured left wrist.

Thomas Cuisine

The injured employee had been conducting food service activities. He was stabbed twice in the chest and three times in the back by another employee using a pocket knife. The employee was hospitalized.

DO & CO Chicago Catering, Inc.

On April 2, 2025, an employee was reassembling a food-sealing machine when the machine activated and a metal plate pinched their right thumb tip, amputating it. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

Dollar Tree

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Plumb Supply Company

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.