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

Walter Ree Masonry Construction, Inc.

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walter Ree Masonry Construction, Inc., 601 East 90th Street, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 57110 on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.

An employee was taking down scaffolding while on an aerial lift when they fell 18 feet from the lift basket. The employee sustained an aortic tear, head injury, and possible bone fractures.

Hospitalized Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.

Zimmerman & Herr

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

United Masonry and Landscaping, LLC

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.

Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland

A maintenance employee was 6 feet up an 8-foot ladder to hand someone a bucket when he lost his balance and fell backward to the tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a laceration to the back of his head that required staples, a concussion, and three fractured neck vertebrae.

RMI Cement LLC

An employee was sitting on the tailgate of a moving pickup truck while holding the handles of a wheelbarrow. The employee fell off the tailgate and struck his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured skull and a brain bleed.

Simon Contractors of South Dakota, Inc.

An employee was moving a tensile strength test device with a dolly. The device fell from the dolly onto the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture.

Agtegra Cooperative

An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.

Martin Brower Distribution Center

An employee was using a hook tool to pull a pallet onto the lift gate of a tractor trailer. The hook detached from the underside of the pallet, causing the employee to fall backward off the lift gate. The employee landed on the concrete parking lot about 5 feet below, suffering fractures to the skull and two thoracic vertebrae.

Mayfield Truss, LLC

An employee was walking on a truss table when he lost his balance and fell approximately 3 feet to the floor. The employee sustained a dislocated and fractured left ankle.