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88 OSHA severe injury reports in SOUTH CAROLINA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 88 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 1, 2025 | U.S. Postal Service | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" | Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures | Jaw, chin | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2025 | U.S. Dept of Air Force | SHAW A F B, South Carolina | Contact with hot objects or substances | Thermal burns third degree or higher | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2024 | Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC | MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina | Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle | Fractures | Trunk and other lower extremities | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2024 | RC Construction | PARRIS ISLAND, South Carolina | Exposure to environmental heat outdoor | Heat exhaustion, fatigue | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 5, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | GILBERT, South Carolina | Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running | Fractures | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2024 | TRIPLE D COMMUNICATIONS LLC | MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina | Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 5, 2024 | SSA Atlantic, LLC | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Trunk unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC | CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Fractures | Other exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the chest n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2024 | KBR, Inc. | GOOSE CREEK, South Carolina | Struck by object dropped by person | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 24, 2024 | U.S. Department of Justice | LEXINGTON, South Carolina | Exposure to environmental heat outdoor | Heat exhaustion, fatigue | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 6, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | BELTON, South Carolina | Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Mar 21, 2024 | U.S. Dept of Agriculture | NEW ELLENTON, South Carolina | Forest fire or wildfire | Thermal burns second degree | Multiple body parts n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2023 | U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Project Services LLC | AIKEN, South Carolina | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Head and neck | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2023 | U.S. Department of Justice | IRMO, South Carolina | Shooting by other person-intentional | Gunshot wounds | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 3, 2023 | U.S. Dept of Transportation | GREER, South Carolina | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Ports America | CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Feb 12, 2023 | SSA Atlantic Marine | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Slip without fall, n.e.c. | Dislocation of joints | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 18, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Mike Sheriff Logging, LLC | MOUNTAIN REST, South Carolina | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 31, 2022 | Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC | MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC | MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 24, 2022 | Morris Insulation & Environmental, Inc. | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 29, 2022 | Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC | MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Charleston Stevedoring Company, LLC | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Pike Electric, LLC | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2021 | U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons | SALTERS, South Carolina | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Stevens Towing Co.,Inc. | YONGES ISLAND, South Carolina | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Stevens Towing Co.,Inc. | YONGES ISLAND, South Carolina | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 24, 2021 | U.S. Postal Service | LORIS, South Carolina | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Mar 16, 2021 | American Bureau of Shipping | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2021 | U.S. Postal Service | SAINT GEORGE, South Carolina | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc. | LEXINGTON, South Carolina | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 7, 2020 | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 20, 2020 | Stevens Towing Co.,Inc. | YONGES ISLAND, South Carolina | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Feb 7, 2020 | U.S. Dept. of Justice-Bureau of Prisons | SALTERS, South Carolina | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jan 14, 2020 | U.S. Dept. of the Air Force | CHARLESTON AFB, South Carolina | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training | Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. | Pelvic region, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 10, 2020 | Hi Trak Staffing, Inc. | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Bites and stings, unspecified | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 3, 2020 | U.S. Dept of Army | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 7, 2019 | Detyens Shipyards, Inc. | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2019 | US Dept of Justice | EDGEFIELD, South Carolina | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional | Dislocation of joints | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Stevens Towing Company | YONGES ISLAND, South Carolina | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SSA-Marine | CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 7, 2019 | US Dept of Army | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Fractures | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 2, 2019 | SSA-Marine | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, unspecified | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 6, 2019 | Detyens Shipyards, Inc. | NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Apr 3, 2019 | U.S Postal Service | SALLEY, South Carolina | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 19, 2019 | U.S. Postal Service | JOHNS ISLAND, South Carolina | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Container Maintenance Corporation | CHARLESTON, South Carolina | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Raven Services Corporation | COLUMBIA, South Carolina | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | 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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