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

WISNER, NEBRASKA—

Guarantee Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc

Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Final narrative

An employee and co-workers were picking up trash and scrap plywood at a job site. The employee attempted to pick up loose 4x8 plywood on a concrete deck. When the employee stepped forward to get a better grip on the board, he fell 10 feet through a roof hatch opening to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a bump on back of his head, a laceration on the liver, rib fractures, broken processes on three vertebrae, cut hands, two lost finger pads on one hand, and fluid pressure against the right lung.

Hospitalized Amputation Multiple trunk locations Existing roof openings, other than skylights

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ATHOL, IDAHO—

MANDERE CONSTRUCTION INC

An employee was laying out a 2-by-4 for railing on a second floor. The employee fell backward through an opening and landed on a concrete floor about 9.5 feet below, suffering broken vertebrae.

IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO—

Silver Crest Corp PO Box 51258

An employee was fixing plaster on a wall when they fell approximately 10 feet through a stair opening.

KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA—

Walt Disney parks & resorts

An employee was a spotter for a trap door that was being tested prior to a show. The trap door activated and the employee fell approximately 8 feet onto stunt mats that were covering the floor below. The employee sustained a fractured right shoulder, a dislocated right ankle, and a sprained left ankle.

BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS—

Walmart, Inc.

An employee was moving a robot when they fell approximately 9 feet through a catwalk hole and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a head injury.

ONEILL, NEBRASKA—

Heritage Homes of Nebraska Inc

An employee was working in the attic of a modular home. As he was attaching a 2x4, the employee fell 9 feet through the ceiling to the ground. He sustained a fracture near the spinal cord.