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

HOCKLEY, TEXAS—

GBW Railcar Services

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures

Final narrative

The injured employee was working atop a hopper car, replacing running board bolts. He was wearing a harness and lanyard, but was not secured to the car. At the same time, a second Team Member (TM) was preparing to utilize the overhead crane. Before operating the crane, this second TM reviewed the permit that was attached to the crane control showing the injured employee to be working atop said hopper car. He went to the car the employee was reported to be working on, and did not see him. He then looked at other cars the crane would be passing over, and did not identify anyone working atop those cars either. At this point, the second TM began to move the crane west (away from the employee) and secured the welding machine to be moved. Once the machine was attached and lifted off the ground, the load was moved east (toward the employee). As the crane passed over the car on which the injured employee was working, he fell approximately 16 feet to the ground fracturing both ankles and a leg.

Hospitalized Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified

Similar incidents · Same event type

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE—

P&C Roofing, Inc.

An employee was transitioning from a ladder onto a roof when the ladder slipped and they fell approximately 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and heel.

SANIBEL, FLORIDA—

Melvin Sipaque

An employee was tearing down shingles when they fell approximately 18 feet from a roof to the ground, sustaining a broken ankle.

NORMAN, OKLAHOMA—

All Seasons Roofing & Construction Inc

An employee was climbing a ladder to bring material onto a roof. The ladder slid and the employee fell 16 feet to the ground, resulting in a broken knee.

BOGART, GEORGIA—

Caterpillar, Inc.

An employee was performing an inspection of a bridge crane while working from a 19-foot scissor lift. The employee was going to use a pendant to move the crane to access a different portion of the crane for visual inspection. The scissor lift guard rails were below the girder of the crane to avoid contact. The tow arm for the crane collectors contacted the guardrail of the scissor lift and caused it to tip over. The employee stayed inside the scissor lift basket as he fell to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to the right arm and hip.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI—

Advantage Solutions

An employee was on a forklift that was elevated approximately 20 feet and was auditing inventory. The forklift malfunctioned and the employee fell down to the surface below, causing them to sustain multiple fractures.