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108 OSHA severe injury reports in TENNESSEE.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 108 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 29, 2025 | Internal Revenue Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Fall while sitting | Multiple surface and flesh wounds | Head and extremities | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2025 | U. S. Dept. of the Interior | GATLINBURG, Tennessee | Bite or sting insects, "bugs" | Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 15, 2025 | FirstFleet, Inc. of Tennessee DBA FirstFleet, Inc. | MURFREESBORO, Tennessee | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 8, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | GRAY, Tennessee | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Damage to replaced joints | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Day & Zimmerman, NPS Inc. | SODDY DAISY, Tennessee | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| May 1, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | NASHVILLE, Tennessee | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 23, 2024 | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | UNICOI, Tennessee | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Fractures | Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Tennessee Valley Authority | GALLATIN, Tennessee | Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. | Fractures | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 14, 2024 | U. S. Dept. of Interior | GATLINBURG, Tennessee | Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple regions of the head | Hospitalized |
| Feb 21, 2024 | SES GROUP INC | MURFREESBORO, Tennessee | Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 5, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Nov 28, 2023 | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | GREENEVILLE, Tennessee | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 12, 2023 | Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC | SPRING CITY, Tennessee | Fall to lower level, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Wepfer Marine, Inc. | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Capsized or sinking water vehicle | Drownings | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 4, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 27, 2023 | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | BENTON, Tennessee | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 19, 2023 | U. S. Dept. of the Interior | GATLINBURG, Tennessee | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Lowe's Flatbed Distribution | BROWNSVILLE, Tennessee | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 29, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, roadway | Cuts, lacerations | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jun 8, 2023 | Tennessee Valley Authority | HARTSVILLE, Tennessee | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| May 16, 2023 | Southern Pipe & Supply Company, Inc. | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Mar 14, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 4, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service | ROCKWOOD, Tennessee | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Shimmick Construction Company, INC. | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures and dislocations | Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 16, 2022 | General Shale Brick, Inc. | JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Dept. of Veterans Affairs | MURFREESBORO, Tennessee | Fall while sitting | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 8, 2022 | BAE Systems Ordinance Systems Inc. | KINGSPORT, Tennessee | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 8, 2022 | southern assembly | MURFREESBORO, Tennessee | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 2, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | MARYVILLE, Tennessee | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| May 18, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Dept of Veterans Affairs | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Apr 12, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Tennessee Valley Authority | CUMBERLAND CITY, Tennessee | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Aug 18, 2021 | U.S. Postal Service | MEMPHIS, Tennessee | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Multiple types of open wounds | Multiple arm locations, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jun 15, 2021 | National Aerospace Solutions, LLC | ARNOLD A F B, Tennessee | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| May 3, 2021 | TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY | BRENTWOOD, Tennessee | Bites and stings, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Shimmick Construction Company, INC. | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Mar 26, 2021 | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | GREENEVILLE, Tennessee | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 8, 2021 | U.S. Postal Service | JACKSON, Tennessee | Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 5, 2021 | Tennessee Valley Authority | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 13, 2020 | U.S. Postal Service | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 18, 2020 | BAE Systems Ordinance Systems Inc. | KINGSPORT, Tennessee | Other jump to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 8, 2020 | Mountain Home Veteran Medical Center | MOUNTAIN HOME, Tennessee | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Bruises, contusions | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Atlanta Terminal Company | CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee | Contact with hot objects or substances | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| May 29, 2019 | Day and Zimmerman | MILAN, Tennessee | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Apr 28, 2019 | Mountain Home Veteran Medical Center | MOUNTAIN HOME, Tennessee | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 25, 2019 | TVA | CUMBERLAND CITY, Tennessee | Collision between water vehicles | Crushing injuries | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 25, 2019 | Veterans Administration | MOUNTAIN HOME, Tennessee | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(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.
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