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

Zephyr Aircraft Engines

Struck against stationary object unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Zephyr Aircraft Engines, 39320 B Avenue, ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA 33542 on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Eye(s).

An employee was working on an aircraft when they struck their left eye on a protruding engine part.

Hospitalized Eye(s) Aircraft unspecified

RK Holdings, LLP

On September 4, 2025, an employee was working to adjust the wrap on the wrap machine to avoid it tearing. The employee contacted the angle iron guard that surrounds the front of the wrap platform, causing a puncture wound to their right shin. The employee was hospitalized.

Geico

An employee was inspecting a vehicle at an automobile body shop. He leaned down and a sharp piece of metal that was sticking out from a damaged door on the car severely lacerated his lower right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

An employee was working on rooftop HVAC equipment and bumped their elbow on the equipment resulting in a puncture wound. The employee was hospitalized for cellulitis and septic bursitis.

Tweet Garot Mechanical, Inc.

An employee sustained a cut on his left forearm while coming out of duct work, which required surgery to repair.

Downers Grove SNF Operations LLC

An employee was checking the water value and pressure in a boiler when he hit his head on a 2-inch pipe and passed out, falling forward onto the valve and suffering a gash and burns to the face, a broken nose, and a laceration to his left eye.

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.

FACC Solutions, Inc.

An employee was shaking a winglet to remove foreign object debris (FOD) after skin installation and injured his left shoulder.

Barnes Aerospace

An employee was troubleshooting a garage door. The door was in its closed position, but still had about an inch of travel when the manual release was triggered. Their right ring finger pad (distal phalanx) was pinched between a belt and pulley. The employee required medical amputation of the finger pad without loss of bone.

Hi Tech Mayday

An employee slipped on a spot of water and fell to a concrete floor, suffering a broken hip.

PCC AIRFOILS, LLC

An employee was running a high-pressure water cabinet waterblast unit. When the employee released the wand, it propelled itself out of the blast cabinet. The wand whipped around and the high-pressure water stream lacerated the employee's upper right arm.

DRIFTWOOD NURSERY & LANDSCAPING, INC

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

Envelope Seal Insulation, Inc

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

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.