Browse Workplace Injuries
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 15, 2021 | Envirotech Waste Services | PIERRE, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2021 | LINK SNACKS, INC. | ALPENA, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Furniture Mart USA | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Avulsions, enucleations | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 5, 2021 | Fedex Freight | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 5, 2021 | WOODLAND CABINETRY, INC. | SISSETON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 15, 2020 | BALDWIN FILTERS, Inc. | YANKTON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Morris Construction Enterprises, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Sanford Health Clark Clinic | CLARK, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 27, 2020 | Castlewood Farmers Elevator Feed | CASTLEWOOD, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Fractures | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2020 | CHS | CLAIRE CITY, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 9, 2020 | BAE Systems Land & Armaments Limited Partnership | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Ellsworth Commissary | ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2020 | Nutrien Ag Solutions | VERMILLION, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Tires Tires Tires | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Wright Tree Service, Inc. | STURGIS, South Dakota | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Worldwide Flight Service RAP | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC | YANKTON, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Foot (feet), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Atlas Hydraulics Inc. | BRANDON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Sanford Health | CANTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Electronic Systems, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Skull fracture and intracranial injury | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 22, 2020 | U.S. General Services Administration | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Walden Security | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Swingen Construction Company | PIERRE, South Dakota | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Lower leg(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 29, 2020 | Dakota Bodies, LLC | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 30, 2020 | Blattner Energy, Inc. | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 27, 2020 | Lien Transportation Co. | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 26, 2020 | KNECHT, LLC | SPEARFISH, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jul 22, 2020 | Sanford USD Medical Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2020 | CHS, Inc. | WAGNER, South Dakota | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Fractures | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Electric Supply Company, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Jun 7, 2020 | TJ Maxx | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 7, 2020 | Cherry Todd | MISSION, South Dakota | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 6, 2020 | Walmart Inc. | YANKTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 29, 2020 | CHS Inc | ONIDA, South Dakota | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 27, 2020 | NATIONAL FOOD CORPORATION | PLANKINTON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| May 27, 2020 | Maguire Iron, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| May 26, 2020 | American Foods Group, LLC | YANKTON, South Dakota | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 23, 2020 | Agtegra Cooperative | ROSCOE, South Dakota | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 15, 2020 | The Inn on Westport | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 6, 2020 | Neiman Enterprises, Inc. | SPEARFISH, South Dakota | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| May 5, 2020 | DAKOTA PROVISIONS | HURON, South Dakota | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 2, 2020 | Hy-Vee | YANKTON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 21, 2020 | MMC Contractors National Incorporated | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 13, 2020 | United States Postal Service | FLANDREAU, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 7, 2020 | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores | BOX ELDER, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Apr 7, 2020 | Forterra Concrete Products, Inc. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Smithfield Foods | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 24, 2020 | Bennett Motor Express, LLC | YANKTON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Thigh(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.
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.