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

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1407 Grand Blvd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64106 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.

An employee was performing on a high wire. The wire struck and injured her back.

Hospitalized Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified Wire, cables-nonelectrical

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

During aerial practice, an employee fell 25 feet from custom aerial straps and landed on the ice skating rink below. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists and her lower and upper jaw. She also lost one tooth and two front teeth became loose.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

On November 2, 2016, an employee was pushing a rolling stack of 1" trusses toward center stage from upstage when one of the stage boards (which was on ice) shifted, creating a spot for a wheel to become stuck. The trusses began to fall over and the employee tried to stop them. When he did, the trusses struck him in the face and broke his jaw.

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NorAm Drilling Company

An employee was assisting with pipe on a drilling rig. The slips came down and landed on the employee's left foot fracturing four metatarsals.

Stalworth Underground LLC

Two employees were struck by the rotary table of a drilling rig while installing caisson. Employee 1 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, and head trauma. Employee 2 suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries, spinal injury, and head trauma.

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Employees were felling hazard trees. The injured employee was conducting 'bucking' operations to saw a tree from the road when the tree kicked-back, pinning him against the ground and fracturing his left femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

HT Energy LLC

An employee was greasing tongs on a work-over rig. The tongs lacerated one of the employee's fingers.

TKM BENGARD FARMS, LLC

An employee was chaining a vehicle when he had to change tools and the compressor. As the compressor was being charged, the employee stepped near the vehicle to make sure the compressor was attached. Then, he instructed a co-worker to lower the compressor. His right hand was on the compressor and under the chain, causing his ring finger to be crushed.

Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway

An employee was directing guest traffic in the parking lot when they were attacked by a member of the public, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.

Camelback Mountain Resort Inc.

An employee was loading snow guns and jacks onto a dump-style truck. The truck was parked on an incline and the door closed on the employee. The employee was hospitalized for contusions and a lacerated liver.

PTT Services LLC

An employee was working in the valet booth with the door locked when three individuals broke down the door. The individuals attacked and robbed him. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion, fractured facial bones, a bruised rib, and a bruised leg bone.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

During aerial practice, an employee fell 25 feet from custom aerial straps and landed on the ice skating rink below. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists and her lower and upper jaw. She also lost one tooth and two front teeth became loose.

Winter4Kids

A ski instructor was teaching skiing/snowboarding when a student on a snowboard crashed into them. The employee was hospitalized with broken bones that required surgery.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

Dollar Tree

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Plumb Supply Company

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.