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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 12, 2018 | Wells Fargo Bank, NA | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Advanced Sunflower, LLC | HURON, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 6, 2018 | NORTH AMERICAN TRUCK & TRAILER | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Lip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Win Chill, LLC | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Henry Carlson Construction | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Cuts and abrasions or bruises | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Sanford Medical Center | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Loss of consciousness-not heat related | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Aerotek, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Pro Framing, Inc. | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Struck by discharged object or substance | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Pro Framing, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2018 | Butler Machinery Company | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2018 | Twin City Fan Companies, Inc. | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Vermeer Freeman Manufacturing, Inc. | FREEMAN, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2018 | Stretch's Well Service, Inc | FAULKTON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Rainbow Play Systems | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 18, 2018 | Fiegen Construction Company | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 18, 2018 | Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C. | HURON, South Dakota | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 2, 2018 | AMVC Employee Services | MILESVILLE, South Dakota | Gored or rammed by animal | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2018 | Spartannash Associates, LLC | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2018 | Journey Group Companies | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Hancock Concrete Products Co., Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 21, 2018 | Scull Construction Service, Inc. | BOX ELDER, South Dakota | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 14, 2018 | Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Smithfield Foods | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 26, 2018 | L & L Insulation, Inc | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 25, 2018 | POET Biorefining Groton | GROTON, South Dakota | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 23, 2018 | Sanford Clinic | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Graphic Packaging International LLC | MITCHELL, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 12, 2018 | Dakota Panel | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Pactola Pines, Inc. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Other structural fire without collapse | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 3, 2018 | Global Polymer Industries, Inc. | MADISON, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Sanford Health | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Aircraft incident, n.e.c. | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Terex Utilities, Inc. | WATERTOWN, South Dakota | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Herniated discs | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 25, 2018 | Express Services, Inc. | BRITTON, South Dakota | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 20, 2018 | Dakotaland Sod Farm, Inc. | HARRISBURG, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Sanford USD Medial Center-Heart Hospital | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 11, 2018 | Ernst Trenching, Inc. | MC LAUGHLIN, South Dakota | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jun 6, 2018 | Lake Region Electric Association | WEBSTER, South Dakota | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| May 17, 2018 | Regal - Hub City, Inc. | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 14, 2018 | New Angus, LLC | ABERDEEN, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| May 10, 2018 | Western Consolidated Cooperative | TWIN BROOKS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Avulsions, enucleations | Scalp | Hospitalized |
| May 4, 2018 | Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits of South Dakota, LLC | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 24, 2018 | Limoges Construction, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Apr 19, 2018 | Wheeler Tank Manufacturing, Inc. | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 17, 2018 | O'Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 16, 2018 | AMERICOLD CORPORATION | SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 11, 2018 | Vogel Paint, Inc. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Fire, unspecified | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2018 | CBH Cooperative | STURGIS, South Dakota | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 13, 2018 | Novita Nutrition | AURORA, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 8, 2018 | TESSIER'S, INC. | RAPID CITY, South Dakota | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 6, 2018 | 3M | BROOKINGS, South Dakota | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | 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.
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