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

Petco Distribution Center

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Petco Distribution Center, 257 Prospect Plains Drive, CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY 08512 on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).

While driving a pallet jack, an employee's foot was wedged against a rack resulting in a swollen ankle.

Hospitalized Ankle(s) Pallet jack-powered

Petco Distribution Center

An employee was operating a vehicle when it struck a stationary reach truck. The employee's left leg was caught between the two vehicles and was fractured.

Petco Distribution Center

A forklift was moving from one aisle to another aisle and struck a stationary reach truck. The employee's left leg was caught between the two vehicles during the collision resulting in a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Petco Distribution Center

An employee got off a pallet jack and was walking down an aisle to a pick location. The employee tripped over a box and fell, sustaining a fractured left femur.

PETCO DISTRIBUTION CENTER

An employee was walking by a door when he tripped on a yellow guardrail and fell to the ground, injuring his ankle.

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UNFI

An employee was on a double-end rider in an aisle selecting product when his left leg was pinned between the rack and rider.

Royal Oak Recycling - Pittsburgh, LLC

An employee was using a forklift to load a tractor trailer when the forklift skidded into a wall. The employee sustained an arm fracture.

Dollar General - Perishable Distribution Center

An employee was training on an rolling container carrier on the dry, non-frozen storage side of the distribution center. She made a turn around the end cap and her right foot struck the rail protecting the endcap racking. The employee's foot was fractured.

DLV Hamptons Management LLC

An employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle that was driving up a hill on a wooded trail. As the vehicle made a right turn, three fingers on the employee's right hand were caught against a tree and fractured.

DG Fresh Distribution AL, LLC

An employee was operating a forklift when his left leg was caught between the forklift and a bollard resulting in a broken leg.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was being trained to use a counterbalance forklift. While operating the forklift under the supervision of his trainer, the employee exited one aisle and began turning into another when his left foot struck the end of a racking angle iron (rack protector). The employee was hospitalized with multiple foot and ankle fractures.

Chewy, Inc

On April 7, 2025, an employee was operating a triple pallet jack when it slid and the employee's left leg was caught between the jack and a pallet rack system. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left tibia.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was operating a dock stocker when it struck an order picker that was stopped. The employee's left leg was pinned between the vehicles. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and an avulsion to the foot.

Petco Dc Annex

An employee operating a dock stocker and unloading a trailer. While traveling toward the end of the dock, he collided with another dock stocker. His left hand was crushed between the two dock stockers and the middle finger was amputated.

PetSmart

An employee was putting a dog into a kennel when the dog pulled on the leash and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture and required surgery.

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.