NAICS sector 23·Federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports

Construction

19,018 severe-injury reports to federal OSHA between 2015-01-02 and 2025-11-28, including 16,991 hospitalizations and 2,925 amputations.

Construction (NAICS 23) is the single largest source of severe injuries in the federal OSHA record. Most trace to OSHA's "fatal four": falls from height, struck-by (vehicles and falling loads), caught-in/between (trenches and machinery), and electrocutions. Records span general contractors, specialty-trade subcontractors, and heavy and civil builders. Because OSHA classifies each establishment by its own NAICS, a general contractor and its subcontractors report separately, so one project's injuries can be split across several employers. Counts are federal-OSHA-reported only.

19,018Severe injuries

16,991Hospitalizations

2,925Amputations

7Eye losses

Employers with the most severe injuries in this sector

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Pike Electric, LLC. 37 2 JR. DAVIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. 22 3 Michels Corporation 19 4 PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING, INC. 19 5 WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 19 6 Lexicon, Inc. 18 7 Performance Contractors, Inc. 18 8 Webber, LLC. 18 9 Morton Buildings, Inc. 17 10 TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP 16

Sub-industries within Construction

Drill into the more specific NAICS classifications beneath this sector, each with the employers on the federal OSHA record in it.

NAICS 238 Specialty Trade Contractors 385,533 employers · 1,838,807 records NAICS 236 Construction of Buildings 145,101 employers · 964,838 records NAICS 237 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 48,560 employers · 453,020 records

Example incidents

MPF Concrete LLC HIALEAH, FLORIDA · 2025-11-28 · Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts
An employee was working in a column, installing a dovetail, when it got stuck. When he pulled it out, the dovetail touched a power line. He sustained an electric shock that travel from his hands to his feet. He was hospitalized with burns.
AES Ohio RAYMOND, OHIO · 2025-11-26 · Other fall to lower level unspecified
An employee was removing the cover from the bucket of a bucket truck when strong winds caught the cover and blew it toward/into his body, causing him to fall from the side of the truck. He landed on the ground and lost consciousness. The employee sustained fractures to his spine and ribs.
National Glass & Metal Company, Inc. HORSHAM, PENNSYLVANIA · 2025-11-26 · Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c.
An employee was working on a table saw when their thumb came into contact with the blade. The thumb was partially amputated.
Turner Industries Group BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA · 2025-11-26 · Ignition of clothing
An employee was working to fabricate a valve handle. The employee was using a grinder and the sparks created by the grinder ignited the employee's undershirt. The employee sustained burns to his right bicep and underarm that required hospitalization.
BWS-USA LLC VANCE, ALABAMA · 2025-11-26 · Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Employees were working to dismantle forklift ram protection columns. The columns were mounted with chemical anchors and there was adhesive in the bolt holes, so another forklift was used to perform the lift. The injured employee was working to move a column with his hand when the adhesive came loose and the columns moved. The employee's left hand was crushed between the columns. His thumb was fractured and the skin was damaged and bleeding, requiring amputation.
MC2 Civil, inc KATY, TEXAS · 2025-11-26 · Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
An employee was walking on the ground next to stacked beams. A 12-foot steel beam fell off the stack and fractured the employee's right ankle.

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Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports, federal jurisdiction, 2015-01-02 – 2025-11-28. State-plan states are not included.