Terre Haute, IN—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Terre Haute, IN

7 severe-injury reports between 2017-05-09 and 2025-04-20, 360 OSHA inspections, and 432 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Indiana operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Terre Haute, IN is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

7Severe injuries

6Hospitalizations

360OSHA inspections

432Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Terre Haute

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Federal Corrections Complex Terre Haute 2 2 Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons 1 3 Federal Bureau of Prison 1 4 Federal Bureau of Prisons 1 5 Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Terre Haute 1 6 U.S. Postal Service 1

Example incidents

Federal Bureau of Prisons TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA · 2025-04-20 · Indirect exposure to electricity unspecified
An employee was conducting jail cell window bar taps. They were closing one cell and opening the adjacent cell at the same time and sustained an electrical shock from an energized metal door.
Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCC Terre Haute TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA · 2023-01-18 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a table saw for cedar woodworking and amputated two fingers.
Federal Corrections Complex Terre Haute TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA · 2021-02-14 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was doing preventive maintenance on a cook pot. He had greased the motor shaft and was about to clean off the fitting when a set screw pinched his right index finger between the shaft and the grease fitting. He suffered a laceration and an open fracture to the fingertip.
Federal Corrections Complex Terre Haute TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA · 2020-11-05 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on a lift measuring a door and fell 61 inches to the ground. The employee sustained a head injury.
Federal Bureau of Prison TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA · 2020-03-16 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was operating a loom when the mechanical chain drive seized. The employee tried loosening bolts to the mechanism to free the chain drive, but that did not work. The employee then tried to manually manipulate the chain drive mechanism resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip.
U.S. Postal Service TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA · 2018-05-24 · Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a plastic mail placard that had fallen from a mail tub and fell resulting in a broken right elbow and two torn ligaments.

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