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1,661 OSHA severe injury reports in NEBRASKA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 1,661 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, 2017 | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. LLC | LINCOLN, Nebraska | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Swift Beef Co. | GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 12, 2017 | Abe's Trash Service, Inc. | OMAHA, Nebraska | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Swift Beef Co. | GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 6, 2017 | Molex, LLC | LINCOLN, Nebraska | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Kmart | OMAHA, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Raikes Farm Enterprises, Inc | ASHLAND, Nebraska | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 29, 2017 | American Red Cross | LINCOLN, Nebraska | Contact with hot objects or substances | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 26, 2017 | Larry Peterson Construction LLC | BENNINGTON, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 24, 2017 | West Point Dairy Products, LLC | WEST POINT, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 21, 2017 | Pepsi Beverages Company | NORFOLK, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures and dislocations | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Hornady Manufacturing | GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 19, 2017 | Smithfield Foods | CRETE, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Avulsions, enucleations | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2017 | Shared Services Systems | OMAHA, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Bruises, contusions | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2017 | Packers Sanitation Services Inc | OMAHA, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Bloom Engineering CO. Inc. | NORFOLK, Nebraska | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat syncope | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 15, 2017 | Unified Pet Products LLC | WEST POINT, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jun 14, 2017 | American Baptist Homes of the Midwest | OMAHA, Nebraska | Struck against object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jun 13, 2017 | CHS Inc | SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jun 8, 2017 | Nebraska Medicine | OMAHA, Nebraska | Fall on same level, unspecified | Dislocation of joints | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 8, 2017 | Peak Interest | OMAHA, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Multiple traumatic injuries to bones, nerves, spinal cord | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 7, 2017 | Farmers Cooperative Co. | SEWARD, Nebraska | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 5, 2017 | Mel Stevenson & Associates, Inc. | OMAHA, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| May 26, 2017 | Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. | BELLEVUE, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 25, 2017 | Menard, Inc. | GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 25, 2017 | Landmark Snacks | BEATRICE, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 24, 2017 | STEPHENS & SMITH CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | LINCOLN, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| May 23, 2017 | Mid Continental Restoration Co., Inc. | HASTINGS, Nebraska | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| May 23, 2017 | Consolidated Concrete Co. | HARVARD, Nebraska | Jack-knifed or overturned, roadway | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| May 18, 2017 | Smeal Fire Appartatus | SNYDER, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2017 | MasTec Advinced Technolgies | OMAHA, Nebraska | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2017 | Walmart Stores #1460 | HASTINGS, Nebraska | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2017 | Kelley Bean Co. | GERING, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 15, 2017 | Jensen Tire Co. | OMAHA, Nebraska | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Sprains | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 11, 2017 | Swift Beef Co. | GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 11, 2017 | Olson Industries, Inc. | ATKINSON, Nebraska | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| May 10, 2017 | ConAgra Brands | OMAHA, Nebraska | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 10, 2017 | Capital Overhead Door | SEWARD, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 8, 2017 | NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul Services, Inc | ELGIN, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| May 1, 2017 | Nebraska Ash | LINCOLN, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| May 1, 2017 | American Residential Services, LLC | LA VISTA, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 1, 2017 | CABELA'S INC | SIDNEY, Nebraska | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 27, 2017 | Dawson Tire & Wheel | COZAD, Nebraska | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 27, 2017 | Crop Production Services | ELWOOD, Nebraska | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Apr 22, 2017 | Eating Establishments Kearney Southeast LLC | KEARNEY, Nebraska | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 13, 2017 | Burlington Stores, Inc | OMAHA, Nebraska | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 13, 2017 | Nebraska Machinery Company | OMAHA, Nebraska | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Apr 12, 2017 | Memorial Community Health, Inc | AURORA, Nebraska | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Apr 9, 2017 | Hy-Vee, Inc | SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Nebraska | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 5, 2017 | Frenchman Valley Produce | WALLACE, Nebraska | 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 |
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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