NAICS sector 622·Federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports

Hospitals

2,647 severe-injury reports to federal OSHA between 2015-01-04 and 2025-11-28, including 2,518 hospitalizations and 177 amputations.

Hospitals (NAICS 622) carry a distinct injury profile from industrial workplaces. The severe injuries reported here are driven by patient-handling and musculoskeletal injuries, slips and falls, workplace violence, and sharps and needlestick exposures rather than machinery. Healthcare is one of the higher-injury service sectors in the federal OSHA record. Counts are federal-OSHA-reported only.

2,647Severe injuries

2,518Hospitalizations

177Amputations

0Eye losses

Employers with the most severe injuries in this sector

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 17 2 MERCY HOSPITAL 16 3 Mercy Health 15 4 RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL 15 5 Houston Methodist Hospital 14 6 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 12 7 Texas Health Resources 12 8 U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs 12 9 Cleveland Clinic 11 10 YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL 11

Sub-industries within Hospitals

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

NAICS 6221 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 10,903 employers · 451,946 records NAICS 6223 Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals 1,290 employers · 26,053 records NAICS 6222 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals 1,823 employers · 25,665 records

Example incidents

Lehigh Valley Health Network ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA · 2025-11-28 · Fall on same level and catch oneself
An employee dropped their pencil. They leaned down to retrieve the pencil and slipped off their chair, landing on their ankle. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital WINFIELD, ILLINOIS · 2025-11-24 · Multiple types of overexertions, bodily motion and position
An employee was replacing a control box underneath a hospital bed. The awkward postures and material handling during the job caused a strain in the employee's upper back. The employee was hospitalized.
Barnes Jewish Hospital SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI · 2025-11-22 · Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
An employee lost her footing while exiting a room and grabbed a garbage chute door to steady herself. The door closed automatically and amputated her left middle fingertip including the tuft and nailbed.
CommonSpirit St. Catherine Hospital - Dodge City DODGE CITY, KANSAS · 2025-11-21 · Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking across the parking lot near the patient drop off and pick up area. A vehicle came into the bay and struck the employee from behind. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
Illinois Bone and Joint Institute - Des Plaines BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS · 2025-11-20 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee was walking to her desk when she tripped and fell. She struck her back and side on the desk on the way down, resulting in a collapsed lung and two fractured ribs on her left side.
Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast DESTIN, FLORIDA · 2025-11-19 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee was standing up from a rolling desk chair. She turned and her foot caught on the wheel of the chair, causing her to trip and fall to the floor on her left side. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, requiring surgery.

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Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports, federal jurisdiction, 2015-01-04 – 2025-11-28. State-plan states are not included.