Brookings, SD

Employers with the most severe injuries in Brookings

Example incidents

• Winter Contracting, LLC BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-09-03 · Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire

  Four employees were wet tapping into 24-inch diameter pipe while installing new air relief valves. When the employees were hand drilling into the 24-inch PVC pipe, the over-pressurized pipe exploded striking the employees working within and around the perimeter of the excavation/trench. Four employees were sent to the hospital. Two employees were treated and released, while two other employees were admitted. One employee suffered a fatal injury.

• Solventum BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2024-11-14 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip

  An employee was walking from their workstation to the cafeteria. When the employee opened and exited a pedestrian door between tape production and a material drop area, their left pant leg caught on a piece of folded cardboard that was hanging over the side of a pallet. The employee fell to the ground and fractured their right hip.

• 3M Healthcare BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2024-02-15 · Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation

  An employee was grinding a burr off a piece of stainless steel using a 12-inch stationary disc sander when his right thumb contacted the sanding disc, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

• 3M BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2023-06-05 · Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part

  An employee was preparing to remove a 900-pound roll from an extrusion machine. The roll fell off and the employee sustained an arm fracture that required hospitalization.

• Daktronics BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2022-11-07 · Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part

  An employee was preparing to move an extrusion bundle of steel, which was on a cart. The bundle tipped onto one side and crushed, lacerated, and fractured the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

• Quality Tool, Inc. BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2022-05-05 · Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.

  An employee was operating a coil-fed hydraulic punch press when a strip of material jammed in the die. The employee removed the guide rails and cleared the jam. The employee then re-secured the guide rails to the bottom die set by tightening the bolts. The employee then cycled the press, and a 2-inch guide rail shot out of the die and embedded in the employee's right side directly below the chest cavity causing a laceration, blunt force trauma, and a bruised liver. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.

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