Workplace Safety Statistics

Injuries by Year

Number of OSHA severe injury reports per year, broken down by outcome type.

Injuries by Type

Most common types of workplace injuries.

#	Injury Type	Reports
1	Fractures	33,729
2	Amputations	23,447
3	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	6,520
4	Cuts, lacerations	4,267
5	Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified	2,397
6	Intracranial injuries, unspecified	1,798
7	Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified	1,729
8	Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified	1,726
9	Crushing injuries	1,723
10	Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk	1,516
11	Amputations involving bone loss	1,266
12	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	1,252
13	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	914
14	Electrical burns, unspecified	859
15	Bruises, contusions	850

Injuries by Body Part

Most commonly affected body parts.

#	Body Part	Reports
1	Fingertip(s)	10,400
2	Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.	8,236
3	Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified	6,821
4	Multiple body parts, n.e.c.	5,184
5	BODY SYSTEMS	4,838
6	Leg(s), unspecified	4,131
7	Hip(s)	3,739
8	Nonclassifiable	3,720
9	Brain	3,573
10	Ankle(s)	3,395
11	Lower leg(s)	3,294
12	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	2,681
13	Hand(s), unspecified	2,396
14	Thigh(s)	2,255
15	Arm(s), unspecified	2,104

Injuries by Event Type

How workplace injuries occur.

#	Event Type	Reports
1	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	6,694
2	Other fall to lower level, unspecified	5,921
3	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	5,298
4	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	4,985
5	Fall on same level due to slipping	3,680
6	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	3,310
7	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	2,660
8	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	2,235
9	Exposure to environmental heat	2,196
10	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified	2,152
11	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	2,124
12	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	1,936
13	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	1,850
14	Contact with hot objects or substances	1,849
15	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	1,714

Injuries by State

States with the most reported severe injuries.

#	State	Reports
1	TEXAS	16,943
2	FLORIDA	11,338
3	PENNSYLVANIA	8,128
4	OHIO	8,012
5	ILLINOIS	6,187
6	GEORGIA	5,810
7	NEW YORK	5,160
8	WISCONSIN	4,191
9	ALABAMA	3,432
10	MISSOURI	3,171
11	COLORADO	3,128
12	NEW JERSEY	2,608
13	LOUISIANA	2,358
14	MASSACHUSETTS	2,265
15	OKLAHOMA	2,225

Top Employers by Injury Reports

Employers with the highest number of OSHA severe injury reports on record.

#	Employer	Total	Hospitalized	Amputations
1	U.S. POSTAL SERVICE	705	659	60
2	United States Postal Service	290	273	20
3	UPS	247	212	41
4	United Parcel Service	166	153	20
5	Walmart	153	143	13
6	United Parcel Service, Inc.	130	119	16
7	PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.	122	108	19
8	USPS	114	109	10
9	Tyson Foods, Inc.	110	68	54
10	US Postal Service	94	88	7
11	Walmart, Inc.	92	83	9
12	Walmart Supercenter	91	82	11
13	AMERICAN AIRLINES	88	82	8
14	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	70	65	7
15	AT&T	66	63	4
16	DHL Supply Chain	66	59	12
17	TARGET CORPORATION	65	57	9
18	FedEx Freight	64	58	9
19	Menard, Inc.	64	58	8
20	FedEx Ground	63	46	21
21	Kroger	59	54	8
22	Waste Management	53	51	5
23	International Paper Company	53	42	19
24	O'Reilly Auto Parts	50	46	4
25	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS	49	46	3

About This Data

All data comes from OSHA's Severe Injury Reports (SIR) database. Employers are required to report any workplace injury resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. This database contains 102,917 reports from 66,252 employers across 56 states, covering January 2015 through July 2025.

Hospitalized means the worker required inpatient hospital treatment. Amputation means the worker lost a body part (finger, hand, arm, toe, foot, leg). Eye Loss means the worker lost one or both eyes. A single incident can involve multiple outcomes — for example, a worker may be both hospitalized and have an amputation.