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

Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives

Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives, 175 West Jackson St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60624 on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).

An employee was walking around and closing up the office for the day. As he was on a table closing the blinds, the table collapsed, causing the employee to fall. He sustained a left kneecap fracture.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Tables, worktables

PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. STORE #00451

An employee was using a two-step step stool to stock product on shelves. The stool collapsed and the employee fell to the ground sustaining a fractured femur.

Western Bays Constructors

Employees were demobilizing a microtunneling operation from inside of a 42-foot shaft. They were standing on a 3-foot high pump stand to disconnect the pump when the pump dropped, and the stand gave way. This caused the employees to slide and fall to the ground. The injured employee fell on his left side, landing on an oil can with his co-worker landing on top of him. The injured employee was hospitalized for a rib fracture.

E4A Solutions, LLC

An employee was on a wood platform surrounding a containment wall to work on a transformer. While inspecting the equipment, the wood platform collapsed, causing the employee to fall approximately 4 feet. The employee's shoulder was fractured and required surgery.

Pinnacle Contracting

An employee was standing on a baker's scaffold approximately 3 feet above finished floor to install equipment. While taking measurements, the locking pins came out on one end of the scaffold, causing the scaffold to collapse. The employee fell 3 feet and sustained a left ankle injury.

Banana Republic Factory Store

An employee was on the second step of a 4-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder collapsed and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken left ankle.

Department of Justice - USMS

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

United States Marshals Service

An employee was closing a gun locker in his automobile trunk when his left middle finger was partially amputated by the lid.

Karnes County Correctional Center

A corrections officer was working with others to restrain an inmate. During the takedown, the other officers and the inmate landed on the officer, who suffered a fracture to the right hip.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

An employee was running during a fitness test and experienced heat illness, chest pains, and felt faint. The employee sustained heat exhaustion.

Dept. of Homeland Security - CBP

On August 1, 2025, an employee was preparing to initiate canine training when they were bitten by a dog on the neck and face.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.