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

Walmart

Fall on same level n.e.c. · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Walmart, 100 Buckhannon Crossroads, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA 26201 on — Fractures , affecting the Knee(s).

An employee was walking across a sales floor. The employee and a customer collided at a corner; the employee fell and broke their right kneecap on the floor. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Other constructed surface

Walmart

An employee tripped over a chair in the break room and fell, resulting in lower back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

Walmart

An employee was pushing carts outside in temperatures averaging 85 F when he experienced leg pain. He went inside to check himself and found palm-sized rashes on his legs. After a few minutes, he lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.

Walmart

On June 25, 2024, an employee was on a stock cart to pull merchandise and stock down when the cart began to roll and she fell 3 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken left knee that required hospitalization and surgery. The wheels of the cart were unlocked at the time of the incident.

Walmart

An employee fell to the floor and suffered an injury to the right hip.

WALMART

An employee tripped while walking in a store, fell, and suffered a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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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.

Gateway Healthcare, Inc.

An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.

XPO

An employee was lowering a safe stack beam inside a trailer. The beam released, causing the employee to fall back and strike his head on the trailer floor. He was hospitalized with a brain bleed and a concussion.

J-Mar Enterprises

An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.

Meijer Stores Limited Partnership

An employee was pulling a display shipper using the provided strap. The strap broke and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken wrist.

WALMART INC. - Walmart Supercenter #7035

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it struck a steel rack and he fell from the PIT to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left leg and required surgery.

Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado

An employee was standing on a ladder, using a stick to push a blanket to unblock a tunnel. The ladder started to shake and the employee fell from the ladder, landing on his back on the concrete floor. He sustained a fracture to his lower back, pelvis fractures, and a concussion.

Variety Stores, LLC dba Roses

An employee was unloading merchandise from a trailer using a pallet jack when he became caught between the pallet and the rolling tracks of the pallet jack. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured bone in his leg and required surgery.

Wal-Mart Supercenter #2991

On May 3, 2025, an employee was getting an item from the freezer when she tripped on a pallet that was behind her and fell, striking the ground. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the lower right side of her body and muscle spasms.

Walmart

An employee fell to the floor and suffered an injury to the right hip.

Caperton Furniture Works, LLC

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

Certainteed Gypsum West Virginia, Inc

An employee was conducting routine maintenance on a mixer. New lid pins had been installed, and the employee was rotating by hand to ensure they had been installed correctly. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the lid and top of a pin. The momentum from the mixer continued, causing a crushing injury to the finger. The employee underwent a medical amputation from the top knuckle to the tip of the finger.

Owens Corning

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Applied Integrated Services, LLC

An employee was climbing down a 15-foot multipurpose ladder. The employee fell about 8 feet, landing on the concrete floor and the ladder itself. The employee suffered several injuries, all on the right side: broken ribs, a broken sternum, a broken temporal bone, broken shoulder, multiple fractures to the cheekbone, and a brain bleed.

Fedex Freight Inc.

An employee was rolling up the landing gear on his trailer when the handle began to unwind and struck his face, fracturing his jaw. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.