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671 OSHA severe injury reports in SOUTH DAKOTA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 671 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2018 | Trail-Eze, Inc. | MITCHELL, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Feb 25, 2018 | Spartannash Associates, LLC | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2018 | Cigna Corporation | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2018 | BH Services, Inc. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Component Manufacturing Company | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Menard's | YANKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 8, 2018 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Inc. | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2018 | Menard, Inc. | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Cuts, lacerations | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 1, 2018 | Journey Group Companies | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 21, 2018 | Silverstreak Dairies, LLC | WARNER, South Dakota | Ingestion of harmful substance | Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 16, 2018 | Santel Communication Cooperative | FEDORA, South Dakota | 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 |
| Jan 15, 2018 | SET Environmental, Inc. | AMHERST, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 10, 2018 | Twin City Fan Companies, LTD. | ELKTON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 8, 2018 | People Ready, Inc. | DEADWOOD, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Intracranial injuries, n.e.c. | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jan 3, 2018 | Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital | DE SMET, South Dakota | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Upper arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 2, 2018 | DAKOTA GRANITE COMPANY | MILBANK, South Dakota | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Crushing injuries | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Consolidated Construction Co., Inc. | DEADWOOD, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2017 | Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C. | HURON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 20, 2017 | Concrete Materials | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 18, 2017 | Showplace Wood Products, Inc. | HARRISBURG, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 18, 2017 | Sanford Health | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 14, 2017 | Hunter's Lawn & Landscape, Inc. | HARRISBURG, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet | Bruises, contusions | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Egger Steel Company | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Bel Brands USA | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 5, 2017 | Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. | ESTELLINE, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 4, 2017 | CyHawk Hospitality Inc | YANKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 4, 2017 | Avera St. Mary's Hospital | PIERRE, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2017 | Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C. | HURON, South Dakota | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 19, 2017 | AMTEC Corporation | CLEAR LAKE, South Dakota | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Saint Benedict Parish of Yankton County | YANKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2017 | JACK LINKS LSI | ALPENA, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2017 | Dakota 10, LLC | DOLAND, South Dakota | Gored or rammed by animal | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2017 | List Electric, Inc. | SCOTLAND, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2017 | T.L. Diversified Services, LLC | ALPENA, South Dakota | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2017 | Sears, Roebuck and Co. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2017 | MIDWEST RAILCAR REPAIR, INC. | BRANDON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 26, 2017 | Hy-Vee #1637 | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 26, 2017 | Integrity Construction, Inc. | MARION, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2017 | South Dakota Wheat Growers | ANDOVER, South Dakota | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Fractures | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2017 | Big Sioux Construction, L.L.C. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Paralysis, paraplegia, quadriplegia | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 17, 2017 | Rushmore Forest Products, Inc. | HILL CITY, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c. | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 8, 2017 | TOTAL FRAMING & DRYWALL LLC | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2017 | John Morrell & Co. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Smithfield Foods | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2017 | Worthington Industries Engineered Cabs | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2017 | Smithfield Foods | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 13, 2017 | Division 7 Sheet Metal, LLC | HILL CITY, South Dakota | Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 12, 2017 | Anderson Industries, LLC | WEBSTER, South Dakota | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 9, 2017 | Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative | MISSION, South Dakota | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical 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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