Carthage, MO—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Carthage, MO

29 severe-injury reports between 2015-01-30 and 2025-09-24, 96 OSHA inspections, and 207 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Carthage, Missouri.

29Severe injuries

15Hospitalizations

96OSHA inspections

207Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Carthage

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Ajinomoto Foods 2 2 Butterball 2 3 Leggett and Platt 2 4 Schreiber Foods 2 5 AJINOMOTO 1 6 BAXTER VAULT COMPANY 1 7 CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION CO. 1 8 Dyno Nobel Inc. 1 9 EBV Explosives Environmental Company 1 10 FLEX-O-LATORS 1

Example incidents

SRS Building Products CARTHAGE, MISSOURI · 2025-09-24 · Other fall to lower level unspecified
An employee was accessing the bed of a delivery truck using a ladder mounted to the side of the truck. He lost his footing, fell, and struck his head on the bed of the truck. The employee sustained a fractured skull. It was raining at the time of the incident.
Walmart, Inc. CARTHAGE, MISSOURI · 2025-06-12 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee was walking across the front crosswalk in a parking lot when she tripped on the sidewalk curb and fell, hitting her head on the ground. She was hospitalized with two brain bleeds and a broken wrist.
Butterball CARTHAGE, MISSOURI · 2024-07-10 · Injured by object held or wielded by person
An employee was replacing a blade on a piece of equipment. The blade lacerated his left palm and he was hospitalized.
Leggett and Platt CARTHAGE, MISSOURI · 2024-06-11 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was operating a wire drawer in the wire drawing department to make a spool of single-strain wire. The spool malfunctioned and began to double wrap. The employee stopped the machine and applied tension to get it in place when their hand contacted the jog bar. This resulted in amputation of the employee's right little finger below the nail.
MIDWEST MATERIALS COMPANY CARTHAGE, MISSOURI · 2024-03-11 · Struck by object dropped by person
An employee dropped a knife and sustained a stab wound to the stomach as he went to catch it.
Ajinomoto Foods CARTHAGE, MISSOURI · 2023-08-29 · Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was putting away a stack of unassembled boxes from the dock. While she was maneuvering the top bundle onto a pallet, stacked bundles fell, pushing the employee backward. Her head struck part of the forklift mast, resulting in a skull contusion.

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