Research · Original analysis
Original research mined from the federal OSHA datasets this site indexes — employer rankings, industry severity breakdowns, and state rollups drawn from Severe Injury Reports, Form 300/301 filings, and inspections.
Federal OSHA severe-injury data shows California with 535 reports and Texas with 17,377 — not because California is safer, but because 22 states run their own OSHA plans that keep private-sector injuries out of the federal file. A guide to reading the data correctly.
Of the 27,770 amputation reports in the federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports archive, the three manufacturing sectors (NAICS 31–33) account for 15,310 — 55% of the national total. A data-driven breakdown by industry.