Browse Workplace Injuries
156 OSHA severe injury reports in NORTH CAROLINA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 156 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2025 | U.S. Postal Service | WEAVERVILLE, North Carolina | Overexertion while materials moving by hand | Soft tissue injuries unspecified | Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 10, 2025 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | ASHEVILLE, North Carolina | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Fractures and soft tissue injuries | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 10, 2025 | U.S. Postal Service | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 7, 2025 | U.S. Dept of Justice | BUTNER, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Sumter Utilities, Inc. | CHEROKEE, North Carolina | Direct exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts | Electrocution, electric shock | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 20, 2024 | U.S. Department of Commerce | BEAUFORT, North Carolina | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Brady Trane Service, Inc. | FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina | Injured by object handled by person n.e.c. | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 18, 2024 | United States Department Of Agriculture | RALEIGH, North Carolina | Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift | Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 13, 2024 | ZA Construction, LLC | BURNSVILLE, North Carolina | Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) | Fractures | Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Pride Masonry LLC | ASHEVILLE, North Carolina | Struck by falling object unspecified | Fractures | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | SUNBURY, North Carolina | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations involving bone loss | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 30, 2024 | BARBIZON CHARLOTTE, INC. | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina | Struck by object tipping over | Fractures | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Joey Ellison Masonry, LLC | CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina | Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Trunk and other upper extremities | Hospitalized |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Coastal Enterprises of Jacksonville, Inc. | JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures and surface, flesh wounds | Multiple body parts unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 23, 2024 | U.S. Dept of Justice | BUTNER, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 5, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | GARNER, North Carolina | Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 17, 2024 | Employment Source Inc. | FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2024 | Jarrett Bay Boatworks | BEAUFORT, North Carolina | Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet | Fractures | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 28, 2024 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | ASHEVILLE, North Carolina | Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing medical or custodial care | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Abdomen unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 18, 2024 | HEPACO, LLC | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2024 | U.S. Dept of Justice | BUTNER, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 8, 2024 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | SALISBURY, North Carolina | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Feb 14, 2024 | U.S. Dept. of Navy | CHERRY POINT, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 1, 2024 | U.S. Dept of Justice | BUTNER, North Carolina | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 18, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | MANTEO, North Carolina | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Thumb(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 17, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | WILSON, North Carolina | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Other or multiple types of burns degree unspecified | Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort | CHEROKEE, North Carolina | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Safe Harbor South Harbour Village | SOUTHPORT, North Carolina | Entangled in other object or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Nov 28, 2023 | U.S. Dept of Justice | BUTNER, North Carolina | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 24, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | HOPE MILLS, North Carolina | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Kannapolis Sprinkler Company | CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Walters Painting | FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 5, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | MARS HILL, North Carolina | Shooting by other person-intentional | Gunshot wounds | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | GREENVILLE, North Carolina | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Defense Commissary Agency | GOLDSBORO, North Carolina | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 23, 2023 | H Supply Inc | MATTHEWS, North Carolina | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 22, 2023 | U.S. Dept. of Navy | CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 23, 2023 | Carteret Marine Services | BEAUFORT, North Carolina | Ran off driving surface, nonroadway | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| May 1, 2023 | Lowe's Home Improvement, LLC | MOORESVILLE, North Carolina | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 27, 2023 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | DURHAM, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 26, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | LENOIR, North Carolina | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Cuts, lacerations | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | GASTONIA, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2022 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | DURHAM, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 1, 2022 | U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs | ASHEVILLE, North Carolina | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2022 | U. S. Postal Service | ZEBULON, North Carolina | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 6, 2022 | TDX Government Services Group | STUMPY POINT, North Carolina | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Evergreen Innovations Group | JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat stroke | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| May 18, 2022 | U.S. Dept of Justice-Bureau of Prisons | BUTNER, North Carolina | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | 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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