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

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE—

Sysco Food Services

Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Final narrative

Employee was making a delivery and parked the tractor trailer behind Walgreens at 9th & Shipley. The tractor trailer caught a low hanging wire from overhead poles on the front driver's side corner of the trailer. The driver attempted to remove the wire from the trailer catwalk and then attempted to remove the corner cap from the trailer. The cap came loose suddenly, hit the associate in the face, and he fell flat on the roof of the trailer. He sustained facial and eye injuries, along with spinal injuries, and was admitted to the hospital for treatment.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck

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ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS—

Abbott-Action, Inc.

An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.

CHARDON, OHIO—

United States Postal Service

On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.

SUWANEE, GEORGIA—

Millennium Mat Company

An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.

MIAMI, FLORIDA—

Publix Super Markets, Inc.

An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.