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

Aladdin Packaging

Fire unspecified · Thermal burns third degree or higher

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Aladdin Packaging, 115 Engineering Rd., HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK 11788 on — Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the Lower leg(s).

A container containing a flammable liquid was stored on a shelf below a work table. An employee was using a metal grinder on a tabletop when sparks from the grinder ignited the flammable liquid, resulting in second- and third-degree burns to their lower leg.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Flammable and combustible liquids and solids unspecified

EnviroSafe Demil LLC

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

EnviroSafe Demil LLC

An employee was working on a burner unit and turning the controls for a fan motor on an incinerator unit when incendiary test material ignited, causing second-degree burns to his head, back, and left arm requiring hospitalization.

Keith Key Heating & Air Inc

An employee was soldering a freon line when the soldering torch touched an open refrigeration line, causing the refrigerant to ignite. The employee suffered second-degree burns to their arms and hands.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

An employee was evaluating evidence for a disposal plan when bulk explosive powder with two large steel pipe bomb fragments ignited. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their face, arms, and hands.

Baytex Energy USA, Inc

An employee was walking by an equipment battery (tank battery) when a leak occurred around a heater that caused a flash fire. He was wearing flame-resistant clothing and sustained burns to his palms and back.

Circle Graphics, Inc.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

RR Donnelley & Sons Co

The injured employee's standup forklift had mechanical issue with a tire. The injured employee was inside their forklift to help steer it while it was being pushed up the ramp by another forklift. As the other forklift started to move up the ramp, it's forks moved and went into the driver's space of the disabled forklift. The fork penetrated the injured employee's left shoe, fracturing the two middle toes and injuring the first toe. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Martinsburg - Quad/Graphics, Inc.

A press was having a paster failure and the crew was working to get the ink on the paper. A press operator grounded himself and was entering the press unit when something flashed. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his head and left arm.

Martinsburg - Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Around 12:45 PM, a clamp truck operator went to remove a piece of orange strap from a clamp truck that was parked outside of the office. The strap fell into a gap between the frame and the hood of the truck. The strap became caught in the engine's fan and also wrapped around the employee's hand when he went to grab it. The strap was pulled tight against the frame of the clamp truck, causing lacerations and fractures to the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

DARWILL, INC.

At 12:00 p.m. on August 13, 2025, an employee was unloading a 1,100-pound roll of paper from a skid when the roll fell onto his right leg. The leg was broken.

Garden Angels New York LLC

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

Cashless Tolling Constructors

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

VILLAGER CONSTRUCTION, INC.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.