Hazard—Federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports

Scaffolding

1,568 matching severe-injury reports to federal OSHA, including 1,521 hospitalizations and 67 amputations.

Collapses and falls involving scaffolds remain a persistent source of severe construction injuries.

1,568Severe injuries

1,521Hospitalizations

67Amputations

Employers with the most matching reports

# Employer Matching reports

1 Sunbelt rentals, Inc. 5 2 J&E Companies 4 3 Zachry Industrial, Inc. 4 4 Adams European Contracting Inc. 3 5 Brace Integrated Services, Inc. 3 6 Brandsafway Solutions LLC 3 7 Caretti, Inc. 3 8 Excel Modular Scaffold and Leasing Corporation 3 9 Gay & Son Masonry, LP 3 10 Masonry Builders, Inc. 3

Example incidents

Cashless Tolling Constructors SYRACUSE, NEW YORK · 2025-10-30 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
…The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture…
Freeman Expositions, LLC ATLANTA, GEORGIA · 2025-10-27 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
An employee was working on a platform, raised 6 to 8 feet in the air, to get something off a rack. The employee fell from the platform to the ground…
Goodrich Fire & Life Safety WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · 2025-10-21 · Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet
An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell…
U.S. Dept. of the Air Force HILL AFB, UTAH · 2025-10-16 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a four-step work stand while sanding an area of an aircraft. He was climbing down the work stand when he tripped over an air hose…
Apollo Pools & Spas READING, PENNSYLVANIA · 2025-10-13 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
An employee was doing some work on scaffolding and fell about 10 feet. He injured his right knee and tore a ligament. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Beth-Allen Scaffold & Equipment PLYMOUTH MEETING, PENNSYLVANIA · 2025-10-13 · Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet
An employee was erecting a scaffold. A side bracket was not secure. The employee stepped on the bracket to test it and fell 18 feet to the concrete floor resulting…

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Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports, federal jurisdiction, 2015–Oct 2025. Matches are keyword-based over the incident narratives; state-plan states are not included.