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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2016 | Titan Machinery INC. | HIGHMORE, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 15, 2016 | Limoges Construction, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 11, 2016 | Club Demonstration Services | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 1, 2016 | Riverview LLP | MC LAUGHLIN, South Dakota | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2016 | Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center | CHAMBERLAIN, South Dakota | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 29, 2016 | Tech Ord | CLEAR LAKE, South Dakota | Explosion, n.e.c. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 28, 2016 | Smithfield Foods | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 22, 2016 | Western Consolidated Cooperative | TWIN BROOKS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 20, 2016 | Western Area Power Administration | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures and dislocations | Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 15, 2016 | 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 |
| Nov 10, 2016 | CHS Eastern Farmers Cooperative | WORTHING, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Nov 9, 2016 | Riverview, LLP | VEBLEN, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 2, 2016 | New Angus, LLC | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Cheek(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Big Eagle Construction, Inc. | ELKTON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Kempf Construction, Inc. | BRANDON, South Dakota | Excavation or trenching cave-in | Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 10, 2016 | JOHN MORRELL, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Kolberg Pioneer | YANKTON, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 5, 2016 | Avera McKennon Hospital & University Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 3, 2016 | Jo-Ann Fabric | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2016 | Carlos Johnson | MITCHELL, South Dakota | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2016 | Advanced Recycling Systems, LLC | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. | Avulsions, enucleations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2016 | Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Sep 15, 2016 | Twin City Fan | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 8, 2016 | CHS | WILMOT, South Dakota | Contact with cold objects or substances | Other burns, unspecified | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Soukup Construction, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Groin | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Ridley USA, Inc. | WHITEWOOD, South Dakota | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Bel Brands USA | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Sanford Medical Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | HURON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 8, 2016 | DAKOTA PROVISIONS | HURON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 1, 2016 | Gil Haugen Construction, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 1, 2016 | Sanford Medical Center | CHAMBERLAIN, South Dakota | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2016 | BLACK HILLS WORKS | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 27, 2016 | Knife River Midwest, LLC | HURON, South Dakota | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2016 | Spearfish Forest Products | SPEARFISH, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 11, 2016 | Brieser Construction Co. | TULARE, South Dakota | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 6, 2016 | Mandala, Inc. | ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 5, 2016 | Federal Bureau of Prisons - FPC Yankton | YANKTON, South Dakota | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Fractures | Foot (feet), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 5, 2016 | Prairie Ag Partners | ARLINGTON, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 29, 2016 | Dakota Provisions, LLC | HURON, South Dakota | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Bruises, contusions | Trunk, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 27, 2016 | Mueller Lumber Company | PUKWANA, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Sanford Medical Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 20, 2016 | Dakota Plains Dairy | CENTERVILLE, South Dakota | Kicked by animal | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 6, 2016 | Magnum Contracting, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Raven Industries | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 24, 2016 | Railworks Track Systems, Inc. | CHAMBERLAIN, South Dakota | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 20, 2016 | Interbake Foods, LLC | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 15, 2016 | Dakota Panel | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 13, 2016 | South Dakota Wheat Growers | FRANKFORT, South Dakota | Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified | Dislocation of joints | Hip(s) | 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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