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

McDonald's

Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at McDonald's, 2001 Hospital Drive, BATAVIA, OHIO 45103 on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..

An employee was pulling a pan of bacon out of an oven when bacon grease spilled causing second degree burns to the employee's hand, fingers and abdomen.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Fats, oils, cooking greases

McDonald's

An employee walked across the recently mopped floor in the lobby to carry a tray to a customer. The employee slipped and fell on the wet floor, resulting in hospitalization for a broken right hip that required surgery.

McDonald's

An employee was changing out a cash drawer from the register and putting money in the safe. The safe door closed on their left middle finger and crushed it. The employee suffered a partial amputation of their left middle finger.

McDonald's

On November 3, 2023, an employee was filtering out oil from a fryer when the oil overflowed onto his foot, resulting in a burn.

McDonald's

An employee was standing near the fryer when their phone fell in. Upon retrieving it, the employee sustained burns to the hands and fingers from the hot oil.

McDonald's

An employee was getting stock out of a cooler. The employee fell over the filler box for a fryer that was being taken back to the sink to be cleaned, landing on the floor and suffering a back injury.

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OQ Chemicals

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

Husbe Zoaq

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

The Cumberland Rest Inc. dba Trinity Terrace

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

Mueller & Wilson Inc

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

Ampler Pizza II LLC

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

Cellar Crew LLC

An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.

GPS Hospitality, LLC

A maintenance employee fell from a ladder while changing a light bulb. The employee landed on a dining room floor and suffered fractured vertebrae.

Invited Clubs USA, Inc

An employee was kneeling on the ground while painting in a hotel area. He felt a prick, then overnight had a lot of pain, irritation, and some swelling. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in his knee.

Quality Drive In, LLC

A contractor was performing maintenance on a fryer when it tipped over, causing hot oil to splash onto the injured employee, who was nearby. The injured employee suffered burns that required hospitalization.

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.