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

THE GEO GROUP INC

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at THE GEO GROUP INC, 600 US Highway 27, SOUTH BAY, FLORIDA 33493 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the face, unspecified.

A nurse was performing work duties when an inmate struck her with a rock, resulting in multiple facial injuries.

Hospitalized Face, unspecified Inmate or detainee in custody

The Geo Group, Inc.

An employee was walking by a doorway when the door closed on their left middle finger, crushing it.

The GEO Group, Inc.

An employee tripped on a doorstop while walking through a door. The employee suffered a hairline fracture to the left side of their pelvis.

The Geo Group, Inc.

An employee was collecting food trays and handing out clean laundry when his hand got caught in the gate door frame by the locking mechanism as it swung shut. This resulted in fractures to the right ring, middle, and little fingers requiring surgery.

The GEO Group, Inc.

Five employees were searching an inmate's property when they were assaulted by the inmate. One employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle, which required surgery.

The GEO Group, Inc.

An employee was in training for defensive tactics. As she attempted to perform a hip toss move, she felt a tearing sensation in her lower back. She was hospitalized with a lower back injury.

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Family Dollar

A store employee was pushed by a shoplifter into the frame of the entrance door to the store. The employee's head struck the doorframe resulting in head injuries and contusions on her hand and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Cleveland Clinic Akron General

A patient kicked a police officer in the leg, rupturing their patellar tendon. The police officer required hospitalization and surgery.

Dollar General Store 9012

A cashier was hit in the face by a customer. The employee sustained injuries to his head and face.

Circles of Care, Inc.

An employee was making patient rounds at the hospital and stopped to talk with the charge nurse in front of the nurse's station. A patient reached over the nurse's station, grabbed a metal three-hole paper punch from over the desk, and proceeded to attack the employee with it. The employee sustained lacerations to the head and face, a fractured forearm, and a fractured little finger.

UHS Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare

A teacher's assistant was attending to a student in the quiet room when they were pushed by another student. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a left hip fracture.

United States Penitentiary, Lee

An employee was responding to a physical altercation between two inmates when they slipped and fell on the ground, landing on their left arm. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left forearm.

CoreCivic Cimarron Correctional Facility

An employee was closing a door while holding the door handle behind him. The door closed on his finger resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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.