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

Jake Sweeney Automotive, Inc.

Injured by physical contact during horseplay · Concussions

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Jake Sweeney Automotive, Inc., 85 W Kemper Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45246 on — Concussions, affecting the brain.

Two employees were involved in horseplay while walking when one employee fell and struck their head on the concrete floor resulting in a concussion.

Hospitalized Brain Co-worker

Blue Bird Corporation

The injured employee was installing fan belts and alternators. Another employee came into the work area with a torque gun and began poking the injured employee with the tip of the torque gun and then activated the tool. The spinning tip of the torque gun caught the injured employee's left glove and amputated her middle finger.

McGraw Kokosing, Inc.

An employee was working on a hot strip mill when a co-worker approached from behind and pushed in the back of the employee's left knee, causing it to buckle. The employee fell to the ground and sustained torn ligaments in the left knee.

Nebraska Furniture Mart

An employee sustained a broken arm while arm wrestling with another employee.

GNS Enterprises 5, LP

Employee 1 fell on employee 2's leg, causing several fractures in employee 2's leg that required hospitalization.

Butterball, LLC

The employee was on break in the hallway and engaged in horseplay with another employee. As the employee turned to run, he lost his footing and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a back injury requiring surgery.

Manheim-Chicago

An employee was driving a pickup truck into an auction lot when it collided with a security hut, causing the airbags to deploy. The employee was hospitalized due to a broken right hip; broken ribs number three, five, and seven on the right side; a chest contusion; a laceration to the top of the head; and a concussion.

Ciocca Automotive Group LLC

An employee was walking in the parking lot when he fell backward and hit his head on the pavement. The employee sustained a head contusion and scrapes and bruises to his head, elbows, and hands. The employee was hospitalized.

CarMax

An employee slipped on water in a car wash bay, twisted his right ankle, and then fell to the ground. His ankle was broken and he was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Berlin City Auto Group

An employee was taking parts inside from his vehicle. He slipped on ice/snow in the parking area and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a broken hip.

Autoplex Automotive LLLP

An employee was walking through the shop when he slipped on a wet spot on the concrete floor and fell, striking his back and right elbow. The employee sustained a fractured hip and was hospitalized.

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.