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

Helix Electric, Inc.

Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Helix Electric, Inc., NGIC, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22911 on — Fractures , affecting the External and internal neck locations.

An employee was using a pipe cart to move conduit. The uprights on the cart shifted and struck him in the throat, fracturing his larynx. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Hospitalized External and internal neck locations Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified

Helix Electric, Inc.

An employee had been connecting cables between a load bank and a transformer (neither were connected to an energy source). After that he began to roll out and position cables to connect the transformer to an electrical switchboard. While positioning cables at the rear of the switchboard in preparation for making the final connections, he contacted an energized buss bar. The employee sustained first degree burns on both arms, with second degree burns on his forearms and hands. He also sustained first and second degree burns on the left side of his chest. Additionally, he sustained two exit wounds on his left leg, one on the knee and the other just above the knee.

Helix Electric, Inc.

An employee was trying to open a large mechanical door when his right hand was caught in the door. Part of his right little finger was amputated.

Helix Electric, Inc.

An employee was feeding wire into a wire-pulling unit when the employee's fingertip entered a pinch point on the machine and was partially amputated.

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Greenbrier Rail Services

An employee was using his left hand to push an axle down the line on a raised track work area while holding the remaining axle back with his right hand. A finger on his right hand was caught between the rail and the dust guard of the axle, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

New Millennium Building Systems

An employee was moving metal out of a cart. He had removed one piece and was working to move another when the metal shifted. His right ring finger was crushed between the two pieces, and he suffered a partial amputation to the finger pad at the tip.

Triad Metals International

A load of steel angles was being lowered when the lifting chain hit the load, causing it to slide toward an employee. An angle slid and pinched the employee, catching both of their legs between the beams and an angle. The employee suffered two fractured legs.

Renegade Group LLC

Employees were replacing a 24" pig trap door. A strap was shackled on the pig trap door and connected to a forklift. Welders began to cut the door off. An employee was holding onto the door when the cut was finished. The door shifted and caught his fingers, resulting in a hand injury and amputation.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc.

An employee used a crane to set down a bar. The bar measured 9 inches by 16 feet. The strap got stuck under the bar, and the employee asked another employee to jog the roll. The bar rolled and pinched the injured employee's left hand, 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.

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.

Mintcrest Corp

An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.

Cupertino Electric, Inc.

An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.

Swedberg Electric, LLC

The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

AAA Complete Building Services, Inc.

A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

U.S. Postal Service

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

Virginia International Gateway Terminals, LLC

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.

Coastal Mechanical Systems, LLC

An employee was working with a drill and a metal cable. The drill caught the cable and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.