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

Tiger Sanitation, LLC

Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Amputations

A sanitation truck started rolling away without its driver. The driver ran to the truck and began to get in to stop it, but it side-swiped an SUV. The driver was pinned between the SUV and the sanitation truck, suffering a broken arm, injuries to both legs, and an amputated fingertip.

Hospitalized Amputation Fingertip(s) Garbage, recycling, or refuse truck

Chewy, Inc.

On December 13, 2023, an employee was operating a forklift. When they stepped off the forklift, it crushed their left foot between the lift and a racking system. The employee suffered a foot fracture that required hospitalization.

Windigo Logistics Fountain

An employee was maneuvering a motorized pallet jack while standing in front of it. He became pinned between the pallet jack and a steel rack cross-beam, resulting in a contusion to his chest/back and a fractured rib.

The Whitaker Company

An employee was stacking empty drums into a trailer. The employee then exited the trailer, using the forks of a forklift as a step. The forklift's parking brake failed, causing the forklift to move forward and pin the employee's right leg between the forklift and the trailer. The employee's right lower leg was crushed, resulting in a fracture and a laceration.

Texas Multi-Chem, Ltd

An employee had been spraying weeds behind a school. As he was leaving the field, the employee drove his truck up to the gate, got out, and opened the gate. The truck rolled forward and pinned him against the fence/gate. The gate then gave way and opened from the force of the truck. The employee's left index fingertip got caught in the fence/gate and was amputated.

PactivEvergreen, Inc.

An employee was using a walk-behind tugger to pull a grinder. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the handle of the tugger and the framework of a staircase. The employee's fingertip was amputated.