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

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., 1300 S. Wolf Rd., DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60016 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

An employee was operating a yard mule and fell from the vehicle, resulting in a broken hip.

Hospitalized Hip(s) Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.

An employee slipped and fell in the parking lot, suffering a broken right ankle.

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.

An employee was disassembling a metal workstation and caught a finger between metal bars resulting in a fractured and lacerated left index finger.

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Allied Universal Security Services

An employee was patrolling a store using an electric patrol scooter when they lost their balance and sustained an ankle fracture.

Zenith Logistics, Inc.

An employee was operating a forklift to move panels around the dock area when the vehicle struck a joint where the two floors meet. The employee lurched forward and struck his head on the steering wheel. The employee then fell from the vehicle and sustained a dislocated disc in their back, requiring hospitalization.

SouthernCarlson

An employee was standing inside a semi-trailer when the driver of the semi-trailer pulled away, causing the employee to fall backward and strike their head on a steel dock plate. The employee suffered a skull fracture, a fractured L1 vertebra, a broken coccyx, a laceration/abrasion to the head, and a brain bleed.

US Agricultural Research Services

An employee was riding an ATV, catching up with a stray cow to return it to a pen. The ATV tire struck a hole or other obstacle, causing the employee to be ejected and fall to the ground. His leg was broken and he was hospitalized.

Manheim Philadelphia Auto Auction

An employee was driving a van in reverse when they fell out of the vehicle and landed on the ground in the parking lot. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

BARBIZON CHARLOTTE, INC.

Employee 1 was in the basket of a 30-foot lift, working approximately 25 feet off the ground. Employee 2 was working as ground support and repositioning a hoist that was being used for a lighting fixture. During this move the lift started to tip over. Employee 2 then went to use his bodyweight to keep the lift from falling. The lift fell and struck employee 2's leg causing a fracture. Employee 1 was in the lift basket when it impacted a staircase and he hit his head. He sustained several injuries including a head contusion, a broken pelvic bone, broken ribs, a spinal injury, and a lower extremity injury. Both employees were hospitalized.

Apogee Lighting Holdings LLC

An employee was cutting a piece of foam on a table saw when he lost his grip on the foam and his right hand struck the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration.

Specialized Inspection Group

At about 11:15 a.m. on February 21, 2022, an employee was loading a reflector onto a punch machine. The punch activated and cycled. It came down on the employee's left hand, resulting in partial amputations to the middle and index fingers to at least the first knuckle.

Acuity Brands Company

At about 3:50 p.m., an employee was driving a forklift when it struck another, stopped forklift. She suffered an injury to her left ankle and was hospitalized.

Apogee Lighting Holdings LLC

A temporary employee was moving aluminum extrusions to a saw area. The blade of a radial arm saw cut his left index finger. He was hospitalized.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.