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

United Window & Door Mfg, Inc

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at United Window & Door Mfg, Inc, 24-36 Fadem Road, SPRINGFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07081 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.

An employee was removing a sheet of glass from a window sash when the glass slipped and the employee suffered a deep cut to his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hospitalized Leg(s), unspecified Glass building materials

Southern Metal Processing Company, Inc.

An employee was trying to move a pressure vessel when it fell over. A stud on the top of the vessel struck and gouged the employee's stomach.

Alro Steel Corporation

An employee was standing a steel bar on its edge when the bar fell onto his left hand, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

Olive Garden Holdings, LLC

An employee was unloading the dishwasher and dropped a glass, resulting in a left hand laceration that required hospitalization.

Amys Kitchen Inc

An employee was removing a jam from a blancher. As he went to remove the blade, he dropped it, lacerating his leg.

Downs Racing, L.P.

An employee was mounting a TV when they dropped it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left index finger.

MI Windows & Doors LLC

An employee had been unloading material from a drop table. When the employee reached to remove parts from a bin, the drop table came down on their right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

Paradise Windows & Door Replacement, LLC

An employee was loading sliding doors and window panels onto a truck when the sliding doors fell on top of them. The employee sustained a pelvis fracture and internal injuries and was hospitalized.

Woodgrain Inc

The injured employee was working alongside a trainer. The trainer was adjusting the side fences that hold the wood in place as it passes through the molder. The injured employee was using compressed air to clean the area. They went to remove a sliver of wood to prevent a potential jam. The rollers activated, which processed material through the machine, caught the employee s glove, and pulled their hand toward the cutting head of the molder. The employee sustained lacerations to their right middle and ring fingers and an amputation to the distal phalanx of the middle finger.

Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc.

On August 11, 2025, an employee was operating a clamping machine that used two pneumatic cylinders to clamp boards together for gluing. While he was positioning a board, the control was activated and the clamp on one side of the machine closed. A fingertip on his right hand was caught between the clamp and the board. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (involving a torn fingernail and surrounding skin) as well as a fracture to the last joint of the finger.

Builders FirstSource - Window Showroom

On July 21, 2025, an employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder while installing a 3-by-5-foot glass window pane on the outside of a new home under construction. The window fell from the frame and the employee went to catch it when the ladder slipped. The employee fell 5 feet to the ground and landed on small pieces of concrete left over from the foundation pour. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractured wrist that required surgery.

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.