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

FBI

Exposure to environmental heat · Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at FBI, 1 Range Road, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA 22135 on — Effects of heat and light, n.e.c., affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.

An employee was participating in hostage rescue team selection in 85-degree heat when they experienced dehydration and a heat-related muscle injury.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Heat-environmental

FBI

An employee was participating in a maritime training exercise, making entry onto a boat that was dry-docked. He had ascended a 10-to-12-foot ladder secured to the side of the boat. He was then descending onto the boat and fell approximately two feet from the ladder onto the deck of the boat. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist and ruptured right patella tendon.

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Great Northwest Concrete

An employee was performing finishing work on a residential driveway when they began to experience body cramps and were hospitalized for heat stress and dehydration.

Lady Moon Farms, Inc.

An employee was staking tomato plants on a farm. The employee began to feel sick and collapsed, suffering from dehydration and heat shock.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

An agent was participating in SWAT team selection and was performing various physical fitness skills including running and exercise intervals. The agent experienced dehydration and a muscular injury that required hospitalization.

Hi-Tech Roofing & Sheetmetal, Inc.

An employee was traveling back from work when they became ill and experienced dizziness due to heat exhaustion.

2911 Logistics

On September 26, 2023, an employee was delivering packages when he began to feel ill with a pain in his side. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.

FBI Academy

An employee was participating in a training when they began to experience muscle pain, resulting in rhabdomyolysis.

FBI Academy

An employee was performing a bail-out training scenario while wearing a harness with a carabiner and a springless belay device. The employee weighted the rope while rolling out of a window to begin his descent down the training tower. He took two or three steps down the side when the belay device failed. The employee grabbed onto the rope with both hands, keeping himself upright while quickly descending approximately 5 stories. He landed feet first on rubber tiles covering the concrete floor and then fell to his left side, resulting in fractures to the thoracic spine and heel of the left foot as well as rope burn abrasions to both hands.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

An employee was participating in a bomb technical training when they experienced heat exhaustion due to a heat index of 114-degrees Fahrenheit.

AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.

A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

Virginia International Gateway Terminals, LLC

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.

Coastal Mechanical Systems, LLC

An employee was working with a drill and a metal cable. The drill caught the cable and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.