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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

PetSmart

Fall on same level n.e.c. · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PetSmart, 355 Howe Avenue, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO 44221 on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).

An employee was putting a dog into a kennel when the dog pulled on the leash and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture and required surgery.

Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface

PetSmart

An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.

PetSmart

An employee was reaching to pick up a dog when it bit the employee's left index finger. The finger became swollen and infected, and the employee was hospitalized the next morning.

Petsmart

An employee was walking a dog when the dog took off running and pulled the chain, causing the employee to fall to the ground and break his arm.

PETSMART

An employee was handling a coral snake when she was bitten on the right hand. The employee suffered an allergic reaction and was hospitalized for administration of anti-venom.

Petsmart

An employee was stocking a shelf with dog treats that were on a pallet. He tripped over the corner of the pallet, fell, and broke his hip, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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Air-flo/Erwood Heating & Air Conditioning

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.

Gateway Healthcare, Inc.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

XPO

An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.

J-Mar Enterprises

An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Meijer Stores Limited Partnership

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was being trained to use a counterbalance forklift. While operating the forklift under the supervision of his trainer, the employee exited one aisle and began turning into another when his left foot struck the end of a racking angle iron (rack protector). The employee was hospitalized with multiple foot and ankle fractures.

Chewy, Inc

On April 7, 2025, an employee was operating a triple pallet jack when it slid and the employee's left leg was caught between the jack and a pallet rack system. The employee was hospitalized with a compound fracture to their left tibia.

Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. dba Petco

An employee was operating a dock stocker when it struck an order picker that was stopped. The employee's left leg was pinned between the vehicles. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and an avulsion to the foot.

Petco Dc Annex

An employee operating a dock stocker and unloading a trailer. While traveling toward the end of the dock, he collided with another dock stocker. His left hand was crushed between the two dock stockers and the middle finger was amputated.

PetSmart- Store 422

An employee was opening a kennel door to take a dog on a walk when the dog bit his hand/finger. The employee suffered a partial finger amputation that required surgery.

United States Postal Service

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

Foundation Steel, LLC

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

GXO Logistics

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

Abbott Electric Inc

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

American Electric Power Company

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.