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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems, Inc.

Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at BAE Systems Ordnance Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 1, RADFORD, VIRGINIA 24141 on — Fractures, affecting the pelvis.

An employee was trying to get inside and stop a moving tow buggy when the tow buggy struck a fence. The employee sustained a fractured left pelvis.

Hospitalized Pelvis Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc.

A mechanic was replacing the hydraulic cylinder on a hauling van outrigger. He lifted the vehicle using a hydraulic floor jack and secured it with two jack stands. Then, he used a hydraulic jack to lift the foot extension of the stabilizer leg and connect the extension to the hydraulic piston with a retention pin. He was holding the retention pin in his left hand and placed his right hand against the stabilizer leg housing to balance himself. The leg extension suddenly moved downward while his right ring finger was in a hole on the leg housing, resulting in an amputation.

BAE Systems Ordnance Systems, Inc.

An employee's hand was caught in turning machinery, amputating the index and little fingers (with bone loss).

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Shamrock Foods Company

An employee was going to fill a pallet with items from the warehouse. He was reaching for the handle of the pallet jack but unintentionally grabbed the throttle, causing the pallet jack to move and pin him against another pallet jack. The employee sustained a leg fracture.

DG Distribution Midwest LLC

An employee was loading merchandise onto rolling containers that were on a remote-operated order picker. While reorganizing merchandise to prevent top loading, the employee's wireless control device contacted a container and caused the order picker to move forward. The employee's right ring finger was caught between two containers and was amputated above the first knuckle.

Manhattan Construction

The injured employee was operating an elevator at a construction site. He went from the tenth floor to the eleventh floor with a plumber and a scissor lift in the elevator. The plumber was using a remote to operate the scissor lift. As the scissor lift was exiting the elevator, a pipe that was on the scissor lift struck the injured employee's chest. The employee was hospitalized.

Coca Cola Refreshments

An employee was stepping off a pallet jacket when they fell backward. The throttle engaged and the vehicle ran over the employee's right ankle.

Bilderback's Auto Parts Inc

An employee was dismantling the engine from a vehicle. The vehicle slid off the loader and struck the employee, pushing him into his toolbox. The employee sustained a broken jaw.

Hornady Manufacturing

An employee was riding as a passenger in a golf cart on a concrete pathway. The cart hit a bump and the employee fell out, suffering a head injury.

Diamondback Firearms

An employee was clearing a firearm that had a jam in it. To disassemble the firearm, the employee was required to pull the trigger to remove the slide. During this process, the firearm discharged and the employee suffered a bullet wound to his left hand.

White River Energetics LLC

An employee was manually adding soda ash into a tank of heated water while on a mobile ladder. The fluid in the tank began to boil over the sides. The employee went to exit the mobile ladder to avoid the boiling liquid that was beginning to contact their lower legs. The employee lost balance and fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete below. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a dislocated left knee and thermal burns to the lower portion of both legs.

Sig Sauer, Inc

An employee was changing the bit on a horizontal gun drill. The wrench slipped while tightening a collet and the employee's left little finger was fractured and partially amputated.

AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.

A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

Virginia International Gateway Terminals, LLC

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.

Coastal Mechanical Systems, LLC

An employee was working with a drill and a metal cable. The drill caught the cable and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.