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

Central Jersey Sales and Services

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Central Jersey Sales and Services, 1 Milltown Court, UNION, NEW JERSEY 07083 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the multiple face locations.

An employee was filling a pipe with water and air when the pipe exploded in his face, resulting in lacerations to the face and cheeks.

Hospitalized Multiple face locations Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified

Heart of Texas Tire, LLC

An employee was using an air compressor on a multi-wheel tire when the flange and the tire burst, causing the wheel's lock ring to strike the employee in the face. He sustained a laceration and facial fractures.

Frazer & Jones, LLC

An employee was changing the connection to a compressed nitrogen tank when the system failed and exploded. One employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. The other employee sustained soft tissue injuries that did not require hospitalization.

Walmart Supercenter

An employee was putting air in a tire that was mounted on a customer's vehicle when the tire exploded, resulting in a left arm fracture that required hospitalization.

Shaner Operating Corporation

An employee was working in a kitchen when a spray can of oil exploded. Hot oil splashed onto the employee, burning their face and arms.

Frank Sharum Landscape Design Inc.

On October 24, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was visually checking a gauge on the "U" controller when a pressure tank exploded. The employee was hospitalized with multiple facial fractures and required surgery.

Interplay Learning, Inc.

On September 4, 2025, an employee was performing crane training for a group of employees, which included engaging in practical testing. At the end of the day, he began experiencing muscle stiffness as he was getting ready to leave. On the way home, the employee experienced blurred vision and nausea, resulting in hospitalization due to a kidney injury caused by dehydration.

Beaver County Career & Technology Center

An employee was checking for air flow from an automobile's engine fan. The fan caught his left hand and lacerated his index, middle, ring, and little fingers, with a partial amputation of the little finger.

Southern Technical Institute, LLC

An employee was installing a temporary electrical line from one building to another. The employee was pulling a cable on a ladder to tie it into a panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered hand and face burns.

US Department of Agriculture

An employee was conducting accountability checks and noticed a student was still awake. When the employee reminded the student of the lights-out policy, the student punched the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion, facial fractures, orbital fractures, and dental fractures.

Pittsburgh Job Corp Center

On March 23, 2023, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee in training was removing a pin from the thumb of an excavator when his right middle finger was caught by a moving metal object, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.