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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Ohio Valley Waste Services Inc.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ohio Valley Waste Services Inc., 43525 18th Street Heights, WELLSVILLE, OHIO 43968 on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).

An employee operating a garbage truck was performing backyard service at a client's home. The employee slipped on wet grass and fell to the ground, resulting in broken bones in his forearm and ankle.

Hospitalized Upper and lower limb(s) Ground, n.e.c.

AT & T

An employee was stepping out of a car when they slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a femur fracture.

REYNOLDS FORD NORMAN

An employee was closing up for the weekend when they slipped on oil and brake fluid and fell. The employee suffered a leg fracture.

The Westervelt Company

An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.

The Wyndmoor of Marion (OH), LLC

An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.

Waste Management of Mississippi, Inc

An employee was operating the compaction levers on a truck when a motor vehicle crashed into the back of the stopped truck. The employee sustained fractured ribs and contusions.

COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, LP

A maintenance employee was moving a forklift from the loading dock when the forklift fell off the dock. The employee was struck by the overhead portion of the roll bar, injuring his right knee. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Meridian Waste Florida LLC

An employee was collecting garbage when they suffered muscle cramping and were hospitalized due to dehydration.

Penn Waste, Inc.

An employee was climbing a truck-mounted ladder when the ladder broke, resulting in hospitalization with a fractured left leg.

Good's Disposal Service, Inc.

An employee was standing on the driver side rear step of a trash truck while traveling down a road to collect residential trash. The employee went to signal the driver and slipped off the step while the truck was traveling 8-9 miles per hour. He fell 18 inches to the ground and was hospitalized with a fractured ankle that required surgery.

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.