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

FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA—

RW Harris, Inc.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Final narrative

The first employee was using a backhoe to dig a 12" to 18" trench for the drill slurry, so the slurry water could be pumped away while concrete was being poured. The second employee instructed the first to pull forward so he could dig the pit for the pump head. The first employee put the backhoe in drive, but it lurched forward because it was still throttled up. The first employee tried to pull the shifter down into neutral, but it went all the way down into reverse. It backed up quickly, striking the second employee in the knee.

Hospitalized Knee(s) Backhoes, trackhoes

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MIAMI, FLORIDA—

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EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO—

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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND—

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CORSICANA, TEXAS—

Oil City Iron Works, Inc.

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AMERICAN FALLS, IDAHO—

Canyon Falls Farms

An employee was walking around a work area when he was struck by a forklift that was backing up, resulting in several broken bones in his foot.