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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Penn Line Corporation Inc.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Penn Line Corporation Inc., 1094 River Road, HURON, OHIO 44839 on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.

An employee was trimming a tree that was adjacent to the tree he was tied off to. After completing the trimming, he swung back to the tree he was tied off to and the limb broke causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.

Hospitalized Pelvis Trees

Penn Line Corporation Inc.

An employee was operating a boom in a bucket truck. One outrigger of the truck was placed on the pavement and the other outrigger of the truck was on soft ground. The outrigger that was on soft ground sunk into the ground and caused the truck to roll and the weight to shift on the truck. The employee and bucket then fell to the ground. The employee suffered L1 and L2 vertebrae fractures and a right cheek laceration. Fall protection was worn at the time of the incident.

Penn Line Corporation, Inc.

An employee was manually pruning a tree when he fell approximately 30 feet to the ground below, sustaining multiple lacerations, broken ribs, fibula/tibia fractures, pressure buildup, a cheekbone fracture, a skull fracture, and two fractured vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

Penn Line Corporation, Inc.

An employee was removing a tree limb with a chainsaw when the chainsaw kicked up and cut his left arm, requiring surgery

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P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Advanced Mulch Inc

An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.

4 Seasons Property Services, Inc.

An employee was rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

Boston Land Co Management Services Inc

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.

Parm's Landscape Management

An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.

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.