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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Otis Worldwide Corporation

Other fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Otis Worldwide Corporation, 30 Twosome Drive, MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 08057 on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..

An employee was standing on the edge of the dumpster while pulling out cribbage. The employee fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured elbow and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Tanks, bins, vats except confined space

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.

Professional Flooring Supply

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

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.

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.

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.

Kencor Elevator Systems, Inc

An employee walked into the chairlift hoist way and the chairlift platform was not there. The employee fell 10-12 feet to the chairlift platform on the first floor. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

Hollister-Whitney Elevator Corp.

An employee was dumping trash into a compactor when he lost his balance and fell approximately 5 feet into the trash compactor. The compactor was not in use at the time. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Otis Elevator Company

Employees were installing components of an elevator from inside the elevator and removed temporary hoisting equipment when the elevator descended from the fourth floor to the pit floor. One employee was hospitalized with fractures to their fibula and a rib, and the other employee was hospitalized with fractures to both feet.

Burca Elevator & Metal Works, Inc.

An employee was using a magnetic drill to drill a hole on an elevator door. His left glove became entangled with the drill bit, which partially amputated his left thumb below the last knuckle and removed several inches of a tendon. The employee's left middle finger was also severely lacerated. He was hospitalized and received stitches.

Residential Elevators, Inc.

An employee was unloading elevator equipment at a residential delivery site in high heat and humidity. He became ill and was hospitalized for a heat-related illness and dehydration.

JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

APM TERMINALS PORT ELIZABETH

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

Allied Waste Systems Inc

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

Fitness International, LLC

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

Bristol Myers Squibb

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.