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

Harrah's Gulf Coast

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Harrah's Gulf Coast, 280 Beach Blvd., BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI 39530 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was opening a door when their hand slipped off the handle. They went to grab the door to hold it open and their left little finger was caught between the doors, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Doors, except garage and vehicle

KLX Energy Services

An employee was closing an office door when their middle fingertip was caught between the door and the frame, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

ALAN WIRE COMPANY

An employee was doing a repair in an office building. He was closing a bank vault door when his right index finger became caught between the door and the door frame resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Dakota Plains Dairy, LLC

An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.

USPS

An employee was delivering mail when their left little finger got caught in a door and the door closed, resulting in amputation.

R. F. KNOX COMPANY, INC.

On December 11, 2023, an employee was transporting equipment for demolition tasks and waiting for the superintendent to open the door. The door closed and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races

An employee was on a ladder hanging drywall. He fell from the ladder's fourth rung, striking the ladder itself as well as the carpeted floor. He suffered five or six broken ribs, a bruised lung, and pain in the left wrist, neck, and back. He was hospitalized.

Yaamava' Resort & Casino

An employee was cleaning an office and walking backward when they tripped over a trash bag, fell, and struck their face on the floor. The employee sustained a brain bleed.

Harrah's NC Casino Company, LLC

An employee was preparing hot melted butter on a flat-top grill and placing it in small containers once it was melted. As she turned to set the container down, it slipped out of her hand and landed on the grill. Butter splashed up and hit her in the face. The employee suffered second-degree burns to her right eye and the right side of her head and face, as well as first-degree burns to her right forearm.

AMERISTAR CASINO RESORT SPA

An employee tripped over a velvet rope stanchion, fell, and suffered a fractured left tibia and fibula. She was hospitalized.

Tropicana Atlantic City

An employee used a step ladder to get onto a metal countertop section in a kitchen to clean an area near the ceiling. When he stepped back down from the countertop and onto the step stool, he fell to the floor, striking the counter and ladder during the fall. The employee suffered fractured ribs and contusions on his left elbow and head.

Howard Industries Inc.

An employee was checking a pole-type transformer tank for leaks. A hydraulic clamping device was lowered onto his right thumb and crushed it against the sharp edge of the bottom of the tank. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation to the thumb.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

Owl's Head Alloys West Point

An employee was going into a trailer to mark product for shipment and the trailer pulled away from the dock. The employee fell out of the trailer, contacted the dock plate, and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung, fractured ribs, and contusions.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

An employee was hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

Heavy Equipment Movers and Installation, LLC

An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.