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Colorado Workplace Injury Reports

Colorado employers reported 3,212 severe work injuries to federal OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 2,684 workers hospitalized and 767 amputations, plus 2 lost eyes. Construction and manufacturing account for the most reports.

3,212Severe injury reports
767Amputations
1,006Followed by an OSHA inspection

Reports by year

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Industries

Construction825 (26%)
Manufacturing641 (20%)
Retail260 (8%)
Transportation and warehousing233 (7%)
Administrative, staffing and waste services193 (6%)
Wholesale trade170 (5%)
Arts, entertainment and recreation142 (4%)
Mining, oil and gas140 (4%)

How workers were hurt

Other fall to lower level234 (7%)
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation167 (5%)
Fall on same level due to slipping157 (5%)
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment152 (5%)
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet133 (4%)
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning104 (3%)
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker89 (3%)
Fall on same level (other)81 (3%)

Parts of the body injured

Fingertip(s)276 (9%)
Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other)235 (7%)
Multiple body parts (other)206 (6%)
Finger(s), fingernail(s)159 (5%)
Leg(s)158 (5%)
Brain153 (5%)
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders139 (4%)
Lower leg(s)118 (4%)

Reports by city

CityReportsAmputationsHospitalized
Denver601 162483
Colorado Springs225 48190
Aurora179 40150
Greeley115 4685
Pueblo89 2472
Fort Collins71 1559
Englewood69 2159
Littleton64 659
Commerce City63 1650
Lakewood55 849
Henderson52 1940
Loveland48 943
Golden48 1242
Boulder48 943
Grand Junction46 1733
Longmont45 1832
Fort Morgan45 1338
Westminster43 739
Broomfield41 1037
Windsor39 1428
Aspen38 335
Centennial37 830
Castle Rock37 532
Brighton36 1029
Vail34 134
Thornton31 628
Parker31 429
Breckenridge28 326
Arvada28 823
Louisville27 623
Steamboat Springs25 322
Wheat Ridge24 519
Highlands Ranch23 221
Lone Tree18 516
Johnstown18 812
Keystone17 116
Montrose16 413
Lafayette16 315
Fort Lupton16 316
Avon15 015
Sterling14 69
Fountain14 213
Durango14 311
La Salle13 510
La Junta13 69
Glenwood Springs13 112
Erie13 311
Platteville12 211
Kersey12 211
Fort Carson12 510
Hudson11 49
Winter Park10 010
Rifle10 37
Dillon10 010
Berthoud10 57

Cities with at least 10 reports.

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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.

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