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

LATHAM, NEW YORK—

Herc Rentals

Ran off driving surface, nonroadway · Fractures

Final narrative

On 10/23/2018, at 2:00 PM, an employee was unloading an 80-foot boom from a trailer. The ramp from the trailer was not lowered at the time. He attempted to stop the lift, but the wheels were already at the edge of the trailer, and the momentum of the boom caused the back two wheels to slide off the trailer. When the wheels hit the ground, the boom had a catapult effect that threw the employee up onto the controls. His foot was still in the accelerator shroud, and his body momentum in combination with his foot being held by the shroud caused the tibia and fibula in his lower right leg to break. When the safety harness lanyard engaged and pulled him back into the basket, he landed on his broken leg, causing the bones to break through his skin.

Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted

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SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS—

Double D Express, Inc.

On November 17, 2023, an employee was unloading a trailer using a forklift when the truck drove away, causing the employee and the forklift to drop to the ground. The employee suffered back injuries that required hospitalization.

BRADENTON, FLORIDA—

Tropicana Manufacturing Company, Inc.

An employee was driving a golf cart when its left leaf spring cracked, causing the cart to abruptly turn left into a nearby ditch. The employee suffered three fractures in his right leg below the knee, as well as severe lacerations on his head and forehead.

MONTEBELLO, NEW YORK—

Raymour & Flanigan

An employee was operating a forklift to unload a truck when the truck pulled away. The forklift and the employee fell approximately 3.5 feet. The employee sustained fractures to the arm and neck as well as a head contusion.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—

SG Metal & Glass LLC

An employee was moving a scissor lift onto a loading dock ramp when the lift fell over the side of the ramp with the employee in it. They sustained rib fractures.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—

Core-Mark International, Inc.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a trailer when the trailer pulled away from the dock. The forklift rolled backward and fell out of the trailer. The employee sustained head trauma and a back injury.