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

Medline Industries Inc

Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Medline Industries Inc, 1015 W Jefferson St, VANDALIA, ILLINOIS 62471 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

An employee stood up to reach for material at a workstation and lost balance, falling to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a left hip fracture.

Hospitalized Hip(s) Floor, n.e.c.

Medline Industries, Inc.

An employee was working on a conveyor belt when their left hand became stuck in a roller of the conveyor belt. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the middle finger.

Medline Industries, Inc.

On November 9, 2024, an employee was lubricating a drive chain while it was moving, and his left thumb was caught by the chain. The employee was hospitalized with an injured thumb, which required surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Medline Industries, Inc.

An employee was preparing to unload a truck at a loading dock. There was an exposed wire hanging from the ceiling of the loading dock, and when the employee opened the dock door, the door contacted the wire, causing the employee to suffer an electrical shock.

Medline Industries Inc.

On 6/22/2022, an employee was placing a shirt on a heat transfer machine when the heat plate came down on her hands resulting in burns to both thumbs.

Medline Industries, Inc.

An employee attempted to pull down a delivery truck's roller door. The employee adjusted his foot position on the rear platform of the truck when he fell and landed on the parking lot, resulting in a fractured hip.

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Abbott-Action, Inc.

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

United States Postal Service

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

Publix Super Markets, Inc.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.

Fenco Solutions

An employee was cutting sheet metal on a shear. The shear blade amputated the employee's left middle and ring fingers.

Henry Schein Inc.

An employee was operating a standup forklift in the warehouse. The forklift struck racking, causing the employee to lose their balance. Their left foot became caught between the forklift and the racking and was fractured.

Fujifilm Healthcare

An employee was servicing a circuit board on a portable X-ray unit when a battery cable touched part of the board, causing electrical burns to two fingers on his right hand.

CHRISTUS Trinity Clinics

A plumber was unclogging a sink in an employee's work area when the employee suffered an allergic reaction and an asthma attack from the liquid drain-cleaning chemicals.

Owens & Minor - Pittsburgh Distribution Center

The injured employee was putting away materials on the warehouse floor as a co-worker was pushing a pallet onto a nearby shelf. The pallet knocked another pallet forward, causing it to fall onto the injured employee's shoulders. The employee suffered fractures in their right and left knees and ankles.

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.