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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Allied Universal Security Services

Vehicle or machinery fire · Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Allied Universal Security Services, 701 Pennsylvania Ave SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20003 on — Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .

After helping people off a train that had caught fire, an employee was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Subway, elevated train

Allied Universal Security Services

An employee was training at a shooting range. Their weapon discharged and the employee sustained a gunshot wound to the foot. A toe was surgically amputated.

Allied Universal Security Services

A security officer was speaking with a donor at the plasma center when another donor struck him over the head with an umbrella multiple times. The employee sustained neck fractures and lacerations to the back of his head and his left eye.

Allied Universal Security Services

An employee was descending a staircase when they fell down 4-5 steps. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

Allied Universal Security Services

An employee was on patrol, walking around the building. When he completed the patrol, he came inside the lobby and passed out due to heat stress. The employee was hospitalized.

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Ahtna Marine and Construction Company, LLC

Employees were securing the fuel line of an outboard motor in preparation for removing the motor from a small vessel located in the equipment yard. A gasoline-related fire occurred and one employee sustained burns to both hands and forearms.

Turner Industries

Two employees were replacing cartridge filters at the recycle oil filter in a hydrocracking unit. While removing compression springs from the top of the filters located within the filter pot, vapors that had accumulated within the filter tubes ignited, causing a flash fire. Both employees suffered burns to multiple body parts and were hospitalized.

U-J Chevrolet Co., Incorporated

An employee was performing diagnostic work on a vehicle engine. As the employee was leaning over the front of the vehicle, the engine was activated. A fuel leak had produced fumes around the engine, and the ignition spark ignited them. The employee suffered second-degree burns to both hands, both biceps, and the upper chest area.

Trugreen

An employee was checking the fuel level of a ride-on sprayer. While refueling the sprayer, fuel ignited and the employee sustained burns to their jaw and right thumb.

Code 4 Catering LLC

Two employees were working in the kitchen area of a food trailer. There was a sudden burst of fire in the kitchen, and both employees were engulfed by deflagration of gas which oriented from a propane-powered griddle. They suffered first-, second- and third-degree burns to their head, face, arms, and legs.

C. Anderson & Associates, LLC

The injured employee was helping to detain an inmate. A security guard slammed the inmate on top of the injured employee. The employee sustained a back/neck injury.

Securitas Security Services USA

An employee was removing a rope barrier to let a vehicle into an area. She fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left hip. She was hospitalized.

BEST Crowd Management Inc.

An employee was providing security for a stadium event. The employee was attacked and struck in the head with a hammer, suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Securitas Security Services USA

An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.

Wellpath

An employee was reaching to pull a door closed when her right middle finger got caught in the door, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Smart Building Technologies - A Fidelity Company

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

Goodrich Fire & Life Safety

An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Harris Teeter #352

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

Georgetown University

An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

United Masonry and Landscaping, LLC

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.