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

Mainline Service LLC

Event or exposure unspecified · Amputations involving bone loss

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mainline Service LLC, 4325 Gardner Road, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64120 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).

An employee had been loading a trailer. Their foot was caught in the trailer and/or trailer hitch, resulting in a severe laceration to a toe that required surgical amputation.

Amputation Toes(s), toenail(s) Vehicle trailers, trailing units

DHL Express USA Inc.

An employee was operating a forklift on the airport ramp environment to help offload cargo pallets from a tractor trailer. He was manually locking the cargo dolly (a specialized piece of ground support equipment used to transfer pallets) to prevent the load device from shifting or falling off the dolly during transportation. The employee stepped between the K-loader and the dolly to put up a lock when they became pinned between the loader and the dolly, resulting in inflammation to their left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Southwest Tree, LLC

An employee had been trimming trees. They were found unresponsive in the cabin of the trimmer. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

Fabcon Precast, LLC

The injured employee was standing on a form/bed where concrete is poured and was removing concrete from the form(s). Another employee indicated through hand signals to the injured employee that the chocks had not been removed from the strands. The employee jumped down from the bed to ground level. The bed then started moving toward him. He went to jump over the drive wheel to get out of the way of the bed, but his foot got caught in the drive wheel. The employee sustained a severe laceration and crush injuries to the foot that required surgery.

St. Stanislaus Kostka Church

An employee was preparing meals in a kitchen when an object struck their head, resulting in a laceration to the head and a swollen right eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a brain injury.

Watters Plumbing

An employee exited his work truck when it began rolling and he went to stop it. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his hamstrings.

Inter-Rail Transport, Inc.

An employee was working on a railcar when they experienced heat exhaustion.

Parsec, LLC

An employee was descending from a railcar to a platform when he lost his footing and landed on the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right foot and required surgery.

Kinder Morgan Deepwater

An employee climbed up on the tread of a crane to turn the batteries back on and was turning to step away when the battery lid opened back up. The battery lid caught his boot, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the tread. He then fell to the ground 36 inches below. The employee sustained a fractured femur head.

Progress Rail Cleveland Track

The injured employee was helping a co-worker pull wire through a conduit. The wire broke and the employee fell back and struck his right side against a tensioning coupler that was on the wall. The employee was hospitalized with two fractured ribs.

Fred Owen Construction Inc

An employee was covering railroad crossties with dirt using a shovel near backhoe equipment. The backhoe hit a hard spot causing the stabilizer to shift approximately one foot, pinning the employee's foot against the rail. Their right ankle was broken.

WADDELL CONCRETE INC.

An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.

Dollar Tree

An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Corrigan Brothers Inc

An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Plumb Supply Company

An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.

JRI INDUSTRIES

An employee was manipulating dies on a brake press. The press caught and crushed the employee's right forearm, resulting in hospitalization.