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

Caliber Holdings Corporation dba Caliber Collision

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Caliber Holdings Corporation dba Caliber Collision, 18622 S. Route 59, SHOREWOOD, ILLINOIS 60436 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the eye(s).

An employee was using a sledgehammer to straighten out a piece of metal on a vehicle when a piece of metal broke off and hit him in the eye.

Hospitalized Eye(s) Metal chips, particles

Lowe's Home Improvement

An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.

S & J Construction, LLC

An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.

RMVK Enterprise, INC.

A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.

Dustrol Inc.

On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.

WalMart #436

An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.

Protech

An employee was kneeling on his left knee with his right knee up while taking measurements of a car he was working on. As he switched knees, and put his right knee on the ground with his left knee up, his right hip dislocated and he bent forward onto his hands. The employee was hospitalized and required hip surgery.

Caliber Collision Center

An employee was finishing up using a resistance welder on a vehicle. After finishing, he removed his gloves and picked up the resistance welding arm with his left hand on the hydraulic cylinder and his right hand on the handle. The button on the handle was activated and the hydraulic cylinder engaged, catching the tip of his left little finger and resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Caliber Collision

An employee was working to attach a safety handle to the cable portion of a pulley system designed to aid in the operation of a resistance welder. The tension on the cable was disengaged, then reengaged while the employee's left hand was on the top of the pulley system. The cable caught the tip of the employee's left little finger, causing an amputation at the first joint.

Service King Collision McDonough

At about 8:00 a.m. on August 8, 2025, an employee was holding a metal coupon for another employee to use in demonstrating spot-welding technique to a third, student employee. A metal hole puncher was activated and crushed the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation to the finger. The incident occurred during a training activity.

Caliber Holdings LLC.

An employee was closing the gate at the end of the day when it missed a latch and came off its track. The gate fell onto him, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured femur that required surgery.

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.