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

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Inv.

Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional · Gunshot wounds

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Inv., 10125 85th Street South, COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA 55016 on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the thigh(s).

On May 12, 2021, an employee was attending quarterly firearms training when her 9mm discharged into her right thigh and exited out of her lower right leg.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.

Ochsner St. Anne Hospital

An employee was at a firearm range for security training. As she was unloading a firearm inside a vehicle, the weapon discharged. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to the left medial knee.

Noreen Firearms, LLC

An employee was test firing a 50-caliber rifle when the bullet ricocheted off a steel plate that was part of the frame for the rubber-coated bullet trap. The bullet struck the employee in the center of his neck, creating a 1/4 inch entry wound. Bullet fragments damaged the employee's trachea and the employee ingested the remaining fragments.

Cooper Consolidated, LLC.

Employees were in a parking lot waiting to board a crew boat. An employee showed his co-workers a pistol and as he was putting it back in his truck, the gun fired. The employee sustained gunshot wounds to the right ring and little fingers.

Big Sandy Superstore

An employee was re-holstering a gun when it went off and shot the employee in the thigh.

Cape Canaveral Hospital, Inc.

At about 12:15 p.m. on August 31, 2022, an employee was shooting at a gun range when his handgun fired into his right upper leg, entering above the knee and exiting at the calf.

Customs and Border Protection-U.S. Border Patrol

On 7/31/2025, an employee was training to ride an ATV when it went into a draw and she went over the front of the ATV, landing on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured arm.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

While stepping backward from a filing cabinet, an employee tripped on computers stacked in a walkway. The employee fell about 5 to 6 feet back, their head and neck striking a desk and chair. The employee suffered pain and swelling in the neck, a hematoma on the head, and a concussion.

Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC)

A firearms instructor was performing routine training. Their pistol discharged while their right hand was in line with the muzzle and the employee's middle finger was partially amputated. The finger has been surgically reattached.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

An employee was performing high dynamic movements while training. As he moved from kneeling to the next position, he suffered femoral neck fracture.

U.S. Dept. of Navy

A crane was being tested in the ground support equipment area. An employee stumbled backward over the driver's side front outrigger, fell, and landed on his left wrist while trying to brace himself, resulting in a wrist fracture.

U.S. Postal Service - Northfield Post Office

An employee was walking in a garage toward her delivery vehicle. As she stepped down a curb near her vehicle, she fell and landed on the concrete garage floor, resulting in a hip injury that required hospitalization.

Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.

Employees were performing maintenance operations on a railroad line when the machine experienced a load conveyor motor failure. While clearing the machine to allow for repairs, an employee pinned the left side of the swing conveyor. The operator on the right side then requested a slight bump to the left to align the right side for pinning. Once the swing was in position, the operator went to pin the right side and the chain tensioner failed, resulting in an abrupt release of the swing chain. The chain snapped back and struck the operator s right hand, resulting in a 1-inch laceration and a fractured fifth metacarpal. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on the hand.

Minnkota Power Cooperative

An employee was decommissioning a substation. The tower switch was being set down on the ground when the switch blade moved. The employee's finger was crushed and amputated.

TAYLOR TRUCK LINES

An employee was struck by a truck and sustained a broken right leg.