Browse Workplace Injuries
687 OSHA severe injury reports in SOUTH DAKOTA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 687 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, 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 |
| May 10, 2016 | Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. #137 | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 10, 2016 | Showplace Wood Products, Inc. | HARRISBURG, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Cuts, lacerations | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 10, 2016 | Avera Health Plan | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 6, 2016 | Bifinger Westcon, Inc. | HUDSON, South Dakota | Fire, unspecified | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| May 3, 2016 | Bilfinger Westcon, Inc. | HUDSON, South Dakota | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 2, 2016 | US Forest Service | CUSTER, South Dakota | Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged | Nonspecified injuries and disorders, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 12, 2016 | The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society National Campus | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Rushmore Forest Products, Inc. | HILL CITY, South Dakota | Trip without fall, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 8, 2016 | Faulkton Area Medical Center | FAULKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2016 | APPLIED ENGINEERING, INC. | YANKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 2, 2016 | Avera Behavorial Health | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 1, 2016 | South Dakota Wheat Growers | MELLETTE, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 1, 2016 | Sunkota Construction | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2016 | Cimpl Meats | YANKTON, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 15, 2016 | JOHN MORRELL, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Cuts, lacerations | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2015 | Twin City Fan | ELKTON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple back regions | Hospitalized |
| Dec 30, 2015 | Sanford Home Health | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2015 | AVERA ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 24, 2015 | Brown Wegher Construction | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Cuts, lacerations | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 14, 2015 | Terex Utilities, Inc. | HURON, 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 8, 2015 | FIMCO Industries | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2015 | Sapa Extrusions North America | YANKTON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2015 | Royal Canin | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Central States Manufacturing, Inc. | HARTFORD, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 24, 2015 | Tech Ord | CLEAR LAKE, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 24, 2015 | Avera McKennon Hospital & University Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 17, 2015 | Twin City Die Castings Company | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 3, 2015 | TJN Enterprises | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Prairie Winds Construction, LLC | ELKTON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 29, 2015 | T&R Electric Supply Company, Inc. | COLMAN, South Dakota | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Smithfield Foods | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Masaba, Inc. | VERMILLION, South Dakota | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Agland COOP | PARKSTON, South Dakota | Aircraft incident, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2015 | Twin City Fan | MITCHELL, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
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.
Use the employer search field in the filter bar above. Enter a company name or partial name and click Filter. The search is case-insensitive and matches partial names, so you can find all reports for a company even if the exact legal name varies across reports.