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

Waste Management (Now WM) - Emelle Hazardous Waste Facility

Fall on same level, unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Waste Management (Now WM) - Emelle Hazardous Waste Facility, 36964 AL HWY 17 N, EMELLE, ALABAMA 35459 on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).

An employee fell on a sidewalk, suffering a broken left knee and soft-tissue injuries to his wrists. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery for the knee.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Sidewalks, paths, outdoor walkways, unspecified

PetSmart

An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.

Vail Resorts

An employee fell while giving a skiing lesson and sustained a broken leg.

R B Machine, Inc.

An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

Energy Transfer Partners

An employee attempted to open a door while carrying packages when they fell and suffered a fractured left hip.

New York Life Insurance Company

An employee was playing kickball as part of a team building activity when they fell and suffered a dislocated left foot.

Daniels Health Ohio - Medical Waste

On July 24, 2025, an employee was unloading stacks of empty, 96-gallon medical waste containers. A stack of 10 containers, which weighed approximately 460 pounds, fell on him. The employee was hospitalized with multiple head, face, and neck injuries and a back injury requiring surgery.

Chemical Waste Management, Inc.

An employee was standing between a truck and a roll-off container that was being offloaded. The container came down on their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration and fracture to the ankle.

NLR, Inc.

An employee was loading a gaylord into a truck when the gaylord ripped, causing him to lose his balance and fall from the liftgate to the pavement. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left wrist and femur.

Spring Grove Resource Recovery,Inc.

An employee was cleaning the back of a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer pulled away from the dock and the employee fell from the dock lock to the ground below, breaking their right femur.

Heritage-Crystal Clean LLC

An employee was preparing a load for the electric pallet jack he was operating. He was walking backward when he tripped and fell. The pallet jack struck his left leg, and he was hospitalized with a broken left fibula.

Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Norflex, Inc.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

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.

Birdsong Corporation

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Pilgrims

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.