Workplace Safety Statistics
Data and trends from 105,991 OSHA severe injury reports across 67,878 employers.
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 | 34,834 |
| 2 | Amputations | 23,449 |
| 3 | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | 6,521 |
| 4 | Cuts, lacerations | 4,267 |
| 5 | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | 2,924 |
| 6 | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | 1,799 |
| 7 | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | 1,728 |
| 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 |
Injuries by Body Part
Most commonly affected body parts.
| # | Body Part | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fingertip(s) | 10,402 |
| 2 | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | 8,235 |
| 3 | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | 6,821 |
| 4 | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | 5,184 |
| 5 | BODY SYSTEMS | 4,940 |
| 6 | Leg(s), unspecified | 4,131 |
| 7 | Hip(s) | 3,739 |
| 8 | Nonclassifiable | 3,719 |
| 9 | Brain | 3,648 |
| 10 | Ankle(s) | 3,496 |
| 11 | Lower leg(s) | 3,411 |
| 12 | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | 2,681 |
Injuries by Event Type
How workplace injuries occur.
Injuries by State
States with the most reported severe injuries.
| # | State | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS | 17,490 |
| 2 | FLORIDA | 11,708 |
| 3 | PENNSYLVANIA | 8,361 |
| 4 | OHIO | 8,253 |
| 5 | ILLINOIS | 6,393 |
| 6 | GEORGIA | 5,984 |
| 7 | NEW YORK | 5,287 |
| 8 | WISCONSIN | 4,301 |
| 9 | ALABAMA | 3,536 |
| 10 | MISSOURI | 3,263 |
| 11 | COLORADO | 3,212 |
| 12 | NEW JERSEY | 2,691 |
| 13 | LOUISIANA | 2,415 |
| 14 | MASSACHUSETTS | 2,327 |
| 15 | OKLAHOMA | 2,292 |
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 | 717 | 670 | 61 |
| 2 | United States Postal Service | 302 | 284 | 21 |
| 3 | UPS | 251 | 215 | 42 |
| 4 | United Parcel Service | 168 | 155 | 20 |
| 5 | Walmart | 155 | 145 | 13 |
| 6 | United Parcel Service, Inc. | 132 | 120 | 17 |
| 7 | PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. | 128 | 113 | 20 |
| 8 | USPS | 115 | 110 | 10 |
| 9 | Walmart, Inc. | 112 | 103 | 9 |
| 10 | Tyson Foods, Inc. | 112 | 70 | 54 |
| 11 | US Postal Service | 95 | 89 | 7 |
| 12 | Walmart Supercenter | 93 | 84 | 11 |
| 13 | AMERICAN AIRLINES | 90 | 84 | 8 |
| 14 | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | 73 | 68 | 7 |
| 15 | TARGET CORPORATION | 70 | 62 | 9 |
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 105,991 reports from 67,878 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.