Watertown, SD—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Watertown, SD

30 severe-injury reports between 2015-11-17 and 2025-09-10, 38 OSHA inspections, and 347 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Watertown, South Dakota.

30Severe injuries

25Hospitalizations

38OSHA inspections

347Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Watertown

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Blattner Energy, Inc. 2 2 Macksteel Warehouse, Inc. 2 3 Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Inc. 2 4 Terex South Dakota 2 5 Amerect Inc. 1 6 Benchmark Foam, Inc. 1 7 Consolidated Ready Mix, Inc. 1 8 Dakota Bodies, LLC 1 9 Danny's Construction Company, LLC 1 10 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc 1

Example incidents

Macksteel Warehouse, Inc. WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-09-10 · Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
An employee was rigging bundles of round tubing to be lifted from the floor onto a rack using an overhead crane and a spreader beam. As the load was being lifted, it began to lean to one side. The employee reached out to hold up the end of the bundle. The bundle (weighing approximately 1,500 pounds) continued to lean further until it slipped from the chains and fell onto the employee from a height of 5 feet. The bundle knocked him to the ground and landed on him. The employee sustained fractures to his hip and ankle.
Amerect Inc. WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-07-31 · Other fall to lower level unspecified
An employee was transitioning from a catwalk to an extension ladder. They grabbed an in-process guardrail which gave way causing them to fall approximately 15 feet to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to the skull and spine.
Page's Place Cafe And Grill WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-07-30 · Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was working to change the cooking oil in a 1-gallon countertop fryer. The fryer was held in place by three C-clamps. When two of the clamps were removed, the fryer fell and the hot oil contacted the employee from the waist down. The employee sustained burns to their lower body.
Jenkin's Living Center & Rehab WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-07-29 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee was carrying a laundry basket when they tripped and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee.
Macksteel Warehouse, Inc. WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-07-08 · Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
An employee was using the forks on a forklift to support a 1-inch thick sheet of metal. The forklift was lifting the sheet up two inches from the original process bed when a 1-inch thick metal skeleton (cut out of the sheet of metal) dropped through the original sheet onto the employee's left ring fingertip. A quarter inch of the fingertip was amputated.
Benchmark Foam, Inc. WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA · 2025-07-02 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip
An employee was stacking used cardboard onto a pallet in the shipping and receiving area when he tripped over the scale by the loading dock door. The employee fell to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with a fractured left hip that required surgery.

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