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

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center Rochester

Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified · Myocardial infarction (heart attack)

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center Rochester, 2110 East Center Street, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA 55904 on — Myocardial infarction (heart attack), affecting the heart.

On October 24, 2023, an employee suffered a heart attack while completing physical fitness testing on a designated obstacle course.

Hospitalized Heart Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Texas Christian University

An employee was participating in volleyball warm-up practice. The employee was serving volleyballs overhead when he suffered a hernia and was hospitalized.

Gordon Food Service Store

On July 27, 2023, an employee was making a delivery when he tried to prevent a box from falling off the dolly. The employee heard a snap in his right knee. He fell to the ground, striking his head on the pavement. On July 28, 2023, while at home, the employee's right leg gave out and caused the employee to fall, tearing the quadriceps in both legs. The employee was hospitalized.

United States Department of the Army (DA)

During an aircraft egress drill, a firefighter suffered chest pain and shortness of breath. He was taken to the hospital for a heart attack.

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.

U.S. Postal Service - Northfield Post Office

An employee was walking in a garage toward her delivery vehicle. As she stepped down a curb near her vehicle, she fell and landed on the concrete garage floor, resulting in a hip injury that required hospitalization.

Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc.

Employees were performing maintenance operations on a railroad line when the machine experienced a load conveyor motor failure. While clearing the machine to allow for repairs, an employee pinned the left side of the swing conveyor. The operator on the right side then requested a slight bump to the left to align the right side for pinning. Once the swing was in position, the operator went to pin the right side and the chain tensioner failed, resulting in an abrupt release of the swing chain. The chain snapped back and struck the operator s right hand, resulting in a 1-inch laceration and a fractured fifth metacarpal. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on the hand.

Minnkota Power Cooperative

An employee was decommissioning a substation. The tower switch was being set down on the ground when the switch blade moved. The employee's finger was crushed and amputated.

TAYLOR TRUCK LINES

An employee was struck by a truck and sustained a broken right leg.