Columbus, MS—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Columbus, MS

41 severe-injury reports between 2015-02-08 and 2025-10-28, 323 OSHA inspections, and 127 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Columbus, Mississippi.

41Severe injuries

34Hospitalizations

323OSHA inspections

127Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Columbus

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Mississippi Steel Processing LLC 4 2 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle 3 3 Paccar Engine Company 3 4 Steel Dynamics, Inc. 3 5 4-County Electric Power Association 2 6 International Paper Columbus Mill 2 7 ABB Inc. 1 8 Aluminum Dynamics Construction Entrance 1 9 AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION 1 10 Baldor Electric Company 1

Example incidents

Heavy Equipment Movers and Installation, LLC COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI · 2025-10-28 · Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
An employee was operating a gas tugger to lift metal sheeting. His left hand was pulled into the pulley, which crushed his left thumb, resulting in avulsions and other tissue damage. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
Sqwincher Activity Drink COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI · 2025-08-14 · Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
During scheduled preventative maintenance, an employee was searching for vertical bagger shafts. Upon locating a box thought to contain new shafts, the employee removed two high-powered magnets from bubble wrap. The magnets forcefully attracted to each other and amputated the employee's fingertip.
Phillips Contracting Shop COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI · 2025-06-30 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was standing beside a flatbed truck, preparing to remove an air tank from it and attach it to another truck. The other truck reversed and struck him. He was caught between the two trucks and suffered a broken pelvis.
Blanchette Field Services COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI · 2024-10-26 · Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
An employee was in a lift basket to unhook rigging equipment from a load. The load was attached to a crane and was resting in the back of a truck. The truck driver pulled away before the employee could unhook the equipment, causing the crane to strike the lift basket. The employee was ejected and struck the side of the basket, resulting in a contusion to the face. The employee was hospitalized.
Paccar Engine Company COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI · 2024-08-15 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
An employee had removed a platform grate to expose the equipment below and replace a broken shaft. The employee slipped and fell backward through the open grate, falling approximately 12 feet to the floor. They sustained fractures to their skull, T1 vertebra, right shoulder, and rib, as well as a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Bracken Construction COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI · 2024-05-31 · Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
An employee was helping to move a welding machine. He stumbled and fell under the tongue of the trailer, which then fell on the employee. The employee sustained fractures to both bones in their right lower leg.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.