Wheat Ridge, CO

Employers with the most severe injuries in Wheat Ridge

Example incidents

• Streamline Painting, Inc. WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO · 2025-06-26 · Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet

  A subcontractor employee was on an aluminum extension ladder painting in the auditorium on a new carpet with a layer of protective film. The ladder slipped out and he fell approximately 10 feet. The employee struck his chin and chest on the ladder during the fall and sustained a laceration to the chin that required stitches, a bruise on the chest, and a swollen elbow. The employee was hospitalized for elbow surgery.

• Intermountain Healthcare Lutheran Medical Center WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO · 2025-06-20 · Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care

  An employee was sitting while observing a patient. The patient became agitated and struck the employee about the abdomen and chest causing internal bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.

• Advance Auto Parts #6947 WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO · 2024-03-15 · Struck by falling object unspecified

  An employee was retrieving product shelving from a back storage area to put on the sales floor when a shelf fell and hit them in the head and the neck, resulting in lacerations and a concussion.

• Vortex Companies LLC. WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO · 2023-12-07 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

  An employee was sealing the inside of a manhole sleeve that had just been installed. Two fingers on their right hand were caught between two pieces of the concrete manhole structure and the employee sustained an amputation.

• Mountain Wireless Contractors LLC WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO · 2023-11-08 · Other fall to lower level, unspecified

  An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder when his left foot slid from the fourth step and he fell to the ground, resulting in a broken tibia. The employee was later hospitalized and required surgery.

• SCL Health - Front Range, Inc. WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO · 2023-10-13 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet

  An employee was taking the staircase on her way to lunch when she missed two steps and fell back and hit her head on the stairs, resulting in a head injury that required hospitalization.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.