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

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, 1745 Tamiami Trail South Venice Fl 34293, VENICE, FLORIDA 34293 on — Fractures , affecting the Back sacral region.

An employee was handling a small platform ladder with three steps and two wheels in the front. The employee was found on the floor underneath the ladder. She was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the sacrum.

Hospitalized Back sacral region Portable stairs

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

An employee was stocking product in the lawn and garden area of a store when they tripped over a storage rack that was approximately knee height. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a fractured hip that required hospitalization and surgery.

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

An employee was cutting wood on a table saw when his thumb contacted the saw blade. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

An employee was working in the mulch loading area when they tripped over a pallet of product and broke an ankle.

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

An employee was pulling a cart when it struck his ankle. He fell to the floor and was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

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An employee was taking apart plant tables on the side of the building when he tripped over some of the pieces that were on the ground and fell on his shoulder. The employee sustained a broken clavicle.

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B & I Contractors

An employee was descending a 10-foot A-frame ladder. The ladder came out from under the employee when he was about 5 to 6 feet above ground level. He fell, landed on the left side of his body, and sustained fractures to four ribs, his pelvis, and hip socket, and sustained injuries on the left side of his body. The employee was hospitalized.

Nailor Industries of TX Inc.

An employee was on a ladder four feet above the ground to install insulation. The ladder began to slide and the employee jumped to the shop floor, breaking his left tibia and fibula at the ankle. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Global Foundries, Inc.

An employee's leg went through a part of the floor that was missing a floor tile and he sustained a dislocated shoulder while catching himself.

Builders FirstSource - Window Showroom

On July 21, 2025, an employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder while installing a 3-by-5-foot glass window pane on the outside of a new home under construction. The window fell from the frame and the employee went to catch it when the ladder slipped. The employee fell 5 feet to the ground and landed on small pieces of concrete left over from the foundation pour. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractured wrist that required surgery.

Lotspeich Contracting, Inc

An employee was working from a baker scaffold while installing ceilings at a construction site. One of the scaffold wheels rolled into a hole in the floor and the scaffold tipped, causing the employee to fall approximately 4 feet to the concrete below. The employee's head struck the concrete, resulting in a head injury.

Hamilton Parker Company, LLC.

The injured employee was walking through the warehouse. Another associate was driving a forklift with a pallet of large format tile (slabs) when the slabs began to tip. The injured employee ran over to stop the slabs from falling, but the slabs fell on his lower left leg/foot. The employee sustained fractures in his lower leg and foot. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Menard, Inc.

An employee was doing a cutback on a piece of lumber using a chop saw. The saw hit a knot, the piece of lumber buckled, then kicked back and broke the kickback guard. The board was then pulled back into the blade, which lacerated the employee's left index and middle fingers.

Lowe's Home Improvement LLC

On October 16, 2025, an employee was entering a parking lot after completing their work shift when they were struck by a vehicle being operated by a customer. The employee fell backward from the impact and the back of their head struck the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized due to brain bleed and a skull fracture.

Menard, Inc.

An employee was descending a rolling ladder when she fell from the last step and her head struck the floor, resulting in a fractured pelvis.

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC dba Lowe's of Mount Vernon

On September 24, 2025, an employee was using a sledgehammer to straighten the forks on a forklift when a piece of metal broke off the fork and became lodged in the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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.