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

Interstate Battery Systems of Lakeland

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Interstate Battery Systems of Lakeland, 2855 U.S. 92, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33801 on — Fractures, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).

An employee was backing up an electric pallet jack. The employee's toe was crushed between the pallet jack and a pallet. The employee suffered a broken toe and a torn ligament.

Hospitalized Toes(s), toenail(s) Pallet jack-powered

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.

Advance Auto Parts

An employee was descending a ladder when their foot caught on the edge of the bottom step. The employee fell and struck the floor, landing on their left hip and suffering a hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

FISHER AUTO PARTS, INC.

An employee had loaded parts into his van and was pulling an empty utility cart back into the store. The wheels of the cart got caught in the doorway. When the employee pulled it through, the cart fell over onto him and he fell to the floor, landing on his right hip. The employee's hip was fractured.

Houser Products, LLC

An employee was found on the floor within the enclosure of a laser machine. The employee was adjusting a sheet of metal on the machine while carrying a remote control, which actuated the machine, moving the carriage and causing the employee to be caught between the carriage and the machine table. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right shoulder and left ankle, and lacerations on their legs and ankles.

FISHER AUTO PARTS, INC.

An employee was wrapping pallets using a plastic wrap dispenser when he felt a pop in his back along with a burning and stabbing sensation. The employee sustained the herniation of discs L4 and L5.

Continental Battery Systems of Atlanta

An employee was working at the end of a ramp when a powered industrial truck rolled down the ramp and broke the employee's foot.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.