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61 OSHA severe injury reports matching "CATERPILLAR".
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 61 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | Caterpillar Inc. | CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| May 12, 2025 | Caterpillar, Inc. | CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Caterpillar Inc | GRIFFIN, GEORGIA | Contact with hot objects or substances | Thermal burns degree unspecified | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Caterpillar Inc. | MAPLETON, ILLINOIS | Struck by running powered equipment n.e.c. | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Caterpillar Inc. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Struck by discharged object or substance | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 10, 2024 | Caterpillar, Inc. | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS | Struck by running powered equipment unspecified | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Caterpillar Inc. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Forehead, temple(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2023 | Caterpillar, Inc. | BOGART, GEORGIA | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Caterpillar Inc. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2023 | CATERPILLAR, Inc. | NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| May 8, 2023 | Caterpillar Inc. | MAPLETON, ILLINOIS | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 29, 2022 | Caterpillar Inc. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| May 27, 2022 | CATERPILLAR INC. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 26, 2022 | Caterpillar Inc. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Bruises, contusions | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Caterpillar Inc. | MAPLETON, ILLINOIS | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2021 | CATERPILLAR INC. | MAPLETON, ILLINOIS | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Caterpillar Inc. | SEGUIN, TEXAS | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 23, 2021 | CATERPILLAR INC. | BOONVILLE, MISSOURI | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 13, 2021 | Caterpillar Inc. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Caterpillar, Inc. | ATHENS, GEORGIA | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 8, 2020 | Caterpillar Inc. | SEGUIN, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Bruises, contusions | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 3, 2020 | Caterpillar Inc. | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| May 4, 2020 | Milton Caterpillar | LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Caterpillar, Inc. | MAPLE HEIGHTS, OHIO | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 29, 2019 | Caterpillar Inc. | MAPLETON, ILLINOIS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Caterpillar, Inc. | MORTON, ILLINOIS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 9, 2019 | Caterpillar, Inc. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 27, 2019 | Caterpillar Inc. | MORTON, ILLINOIS | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. | HOUSTON, TEXAS | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 12, 2019 | Caterpillar, Inc. | WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2018 | Caterpillar Inc. | MORTON, ILLINOIS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 4, 2018 | CATERPILLAR | NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Caterpillar Inc | VICTORIA, TEXAS | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Aug 29, 2018 | CATERPILLAR, INC. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2018 | CATERPILLAR INC. | BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Fractures | Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 13, 2018 | Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America | HOUSTON, TEXAS | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 5, 2018 | CATERPILLAR, INC. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 28, 2018 | CATERPILLAR | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| May 15, 2018 | CATERPILLAR, INC. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| May 7, 2018 | Caterpillar, Inc. | ATHENS, GEORGIA | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 23, 2018 | CATERPILLAR, INC. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Caterpillar Inc. | VICTORIA, TEXAS | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Caterpillar Logistics Inc. | MORTON, ILLINOIS | Nonclassifiable | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 4, 2017 | Caterpillar Inc. | DECATUR, ILLINOIS | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2017 | Caterpillar, Inc. | EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Caterpillar Inc. | MAPLETON, ILLINOIS | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Feb 14, 2017 | Caterpillar Inc. | SEGUIN, TEXAS | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Jaw, chin | Hospitalized |
| Dec 2, 2016 | Caterpillar Inc. | SEGUIN, TEXAS | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2016 | Caterpillar Global Mining, Llc. | HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA | Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified | Strains | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 21, 2016 | CATERPILLAR, INC. | PONTIAC, ILLINOIS | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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