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

PublicSource

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PublicSource, E 7th Ave, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA 15120 on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).

An employee was capturing videos at an outdoor event on July 13, 2024. They were struck in the leg by a motorcycle in a parking lot and sustained a fractured tibia.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Motorcycle, moped, dirt bike

New Home Co-Op

An employee was painting a round module when a front-end loader ran over his right leg and crushed it.

Parsec LLC

An employee was operating a switch truck at a rail yard. He got out of the switch truck to unlock a container that was attached to a unit in front of him. The switch truck rolled and pinned the employee against the container. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, a ruptured spleen, and a possible spinal cord injury.

Lowe's Home Improvement LLC

On October 16, 2025, an employee was entering a parking lot after completing their work shift when they were struck by a vehicle being operated by a customer. The employee fell backward from the impact and the back of their head struck the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized due to brain bleed and a skull fracture.

JIMAX Landscape LLC

An employee was moving branches and other material when they were struck in the leg by the track of a skid-steer loader, resulting in an ankle and lower leg injury.

United States Postal Services

An employee was waiting for an operator to bring mail over to a mail sorting machine when she became pinned between the machine and a stack of pallets being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee suffered bruising and swelling on her hips, lower back, knees, and left side; a puncture wound to her left thigh from a machine screw; a crushed right hand with numbness and tingling; numbness to the left big toe; and a right wrist sprain.

NEW YORK TIMES

An employee was walking down a flight of stairs when they fell down the stairs and suffered a fractured hip.

The New York Times

An employee was exiting the palletizer area and stepping out into an aisleway when his left foot was run over by an oncoming forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left foot.

News-Press & Gazette Company

On June 23, 2024, at 9:15 AM, an employee was walking down stairs when he missed the last stair and fell onto his left knee on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hematoma under his kneecap.

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

An employee was lowering a roller on the press machine when it slipped and rolled over his right thumb, lacerating the thumb. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hartman Newspapers, L.P.

An employee was feeding paper into a newspaper printing press when the blades rotated and amputated three fingers on the employee's right hand.

Main Line Clinical Labs

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Ardent Mills

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

Zimmerman & Herr

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

McAneny Brothers, Inc.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

Metz Culinary Management LLC

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.