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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | Smithfield Foods, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift | Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Mar 18, 2024 | UltiMed, Inc. | DE SMET, South Dakota | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations involving bone loss | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 18, 2024 | AMTEC Corporation | CLEAR LAKE, South Dakota | Intentionally set explosion | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Pro Framing, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact more than 30 feet | Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 5, 2024 | CHS - Brandon | WORTHING, South Dakota | Contact incidents unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 3, 2024 | Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Inc. | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 3M Healthcare | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations involving bone loss | Thumb(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2024 | USPS | YANKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Baete-Forseth, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Fractures | Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 15, 2024 | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 15, 2024 | Sioux Steel Company | LENNOX, South Dakota | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations involving bone loss | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Consumers Supply Distributing, LLC | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries | Trunk and other upper extremities | Hospitalized |
| Jan 3, 2024 | Menards, Store #3132 | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 1, 2024 | Sanford Medical Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 19, 2023 | RPM & Associates Inc | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 17, 2023 | Dakota Plains Dairy, LLC | BERESFORD, South Dakota | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Dec 11, 2023 | Pipeline Plastics, LLC | BELLE FOURCHE, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 1, 2023 | PPD USA Inc | MADISON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 28, 2023 | School Bus, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode | Strains | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 24, 2023 | POET Bioprocessing - Chancellor | CHANCELLOR, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2023 | Basin Construction and Drain Tile, LLC | BRADLEY, South Dakota | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group | VOLGA, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Nov 4, 2023 | RJ Tide Construction Company, INC. | NORTH SIOUX CITY, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2023 | CHS-Dakota Plains AG Co-Op | REVILLO, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Gates Corporation | BRANDON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Load King, LLC | ELK POINT, South Dakota | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 2, 2023 | GS Operating, LLC | BRANDON, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 30, 2023 | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 27, 2023 | North Star Logistics, L.L.C. | BRYANT, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Fiegen Construction Co. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Lineage Logistics, LLC | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 20, 2023 | American Foods Group, LLC | YANKTON, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Herniated discs | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Dollar Tree Stores, Inc | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2023 | Dells Material Company | DELL RAPIDS, South Dakota | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Vison Electric LLC. | CLARK, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Masaba, Inc. | VERMILLION, South Dakota | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Falcon Plastics | MADISON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Crushing injuries | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Kyle Health Center | KYLE, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures and dislocations | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 17, 2023 | MP Nexlevel, LLC | HURON, South Dakota | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Terex South Dakota | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 4, 2023 | Little Goat Services, LLC | CUSTER, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Cuts and abrasions or bruises | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 3, 2023 | Quality Construction and Renovation, LLC | BOX ELDER, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Terex South Dakota | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Northern Electric Cooperative | BATH, South Dakota | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Neiman Enterprises, Inc. | SPEARFISH, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jun 5, 2023 | US Department of Agriculture | NEMO, South Dakota | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple head locations | Hospitalized |
| Jun 5, 2023 | Lineage Logistics, LLC | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 3M | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | 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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