Severe Workplace Injuries in Brighton, Colorado

Nov 11, 2025 · Target Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was in a checkout lane when he tripped over the cord of a barcode scanner and fell to the ground, resulting in a contusion to his right hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Nov 6, 2025 · Wells Concrete Products Co. Hospitalized

An employee was working on top of a precast concrete form bed. While he was using a 2x4 as a pry, it broke and he fell to the floor, resulting in a broken clavicle and rib.

Fall on same level (other) · Trunk and other upper extremities · Manufacturing

Jul 22, 2025 · Walmart, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was pulling a pallet jack when she slipped and fell to the ground, resulting in a bruised left knee and a broken hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Jul 10, 2025 · Emerge Construction Corporation Hospitalized

A subcontractor's employee was setting trusses on a residential new build while tied off with a harness and yo-yo. He slipped and fell. Then, the truss that he was tied to broke, allowing him to fall approximately 16 feet through the stair hole to the concrete floor in the basement. The employee sustained head and facial fractures. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Multiple regions of the head · Construction · OSHA inspection 1836961

Dec 2, 2024 · Garney Companies, Incorporated Hospitalized

An employee was climbing a 24-foot access ladder when his foot slipped approximately 10 rungs up and he fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his L1 vertebra and right heel.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Trunk and other lower extremities · Construction

Jul 23, 2024 · Asphalt Specialties Co., Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was hooking a trailer to his tractor when he stepped off the back of the truck and fell 3 feet to the ground. He landed on his back and sustained pinched nerves in his lower back.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Back lumbar region · Construction

Jun 21, 2024 · CraneWorks, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was servicing a piece of equipment at ground level. In an adjacent maintenance area (~150 feet away), another crane was undergoing maintenance when the crane/boom truck tipped over. The hook block struck the ground, came apart, and propelled debris that struck the employee. The employee sustained a fractured right leg.

Collapse, engulfment (other) · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 3, 2024 · Jensen Food Co Amputation

An employee was clearing away soy flakes that were pouring out of the bottom of the trough of a soy flake auger when their right hand was struck by the auger. This resulted in a middle fingertip amputation to the distal knuckle.

Struck by running powered equipment · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

May 5, 2023 · Metalwest, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using an overhead crane to store rolls of aluminum sheet metal in the facility when they were struck by the moving load and pinned against stationary material. The employee sustained internal bruising to the torso and upper legs.

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1668671

May 26, 2022 · Wells Concrete Hospitalized

An employee was standing on a T-block stacking dunnage. The employee fell backward, landed on a piece of dunnage, and suffered broken ribs.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Sep 29, 2021 · Wells Concrete Amputation

An employee was assisting with bending a rebar stirrup when their right thumb was caught between the stirrup, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Construction

Jul 22, 2021 · Metalwest LLC Amputation

An employee was using a banding machine when it injured his left little finger. The fingertip was medically amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade

Jul 9, 2021 · Sashco, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee had been packing product and sustained heat stroke and dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

Jun 25, 2021 · Novinium, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was assisting a crew in de-energizing a radial section of cable. The employee was switching cables to isolate a section he was working on when a probe contacted a cable, resulting in a shock and burns to both hands.

Indirect exposure to electricity · Hand(s) · Utilities

Apr 27, 2021 · DICK BRICKELL & SONS, INC. Hospitalized

A mini-excavator backed into an employee, its track breaking his right leg.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Construction

Apr 6, 2021 · MMM Deliveries LLC Hospitalized

An employee was trying to open the door of a truck that was locked with the keys inside. He fell backward from the top exterior step of the truck. The back of his head struck the ground and he lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Transportation and warehousing

May 7, 2020 · Weifield Group Contracting Inc Hospitalized

An employee was working from an extension ladder at the edge of a high-ceilinged room. The ladder's feet slipped on the floor and it fell; the employee fell with it and landed on the concrete floor, also striking the ladder itself on the way down. The employee suffered a broken right femur, a broken right elbow, and lacerations to both legs, and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Upper and lower limb(s) · Construction

Feb 17, 2020 · Staples, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was backing up a dock stocker when it collided with a storage rack. The employee's foot was caught and crushed between the dock stocker and the rack. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the foot.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Retail

Jan 14, 2020 · Elite Services, Inc Amputation

An employee was prepping an 8-inch by 20-foot long piece of steel to cut. The steel was being moved by a crane with a webbed piece of strap when the steel fell over and crushed the employee's finger against a table. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index fingertip.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 29, 2019 · Vivint Solar Developer LLC Hospitalized

An employee was beginning to install solar panels. Anchors and ropes had been installed for the job that day. While mapping out the job, the employee fell off the roof two stories to the ground and landed on his left side. He sustained a broken left arm and a broken pelvis.

Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1424710

Jul 17, 2019 · Vestas Nacelles America, Inc. Amputation

An employee was screwing a nut onto a bolt using a battery-powered torque tool when their left index fingertip was pinched between the tool and the bolt. The fingertip was amputated.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 30, 2019 · Patterson-UTI Drilling Company LLC Hospitalized

The injured employee was working on the catwalk pedestal of an oil and gas drilling rig. While lifting a single joint of drill pipe, it fell out of the elevator and came down on the injured employee's left hand which was on the handrail. The employee sustained lacerations, fractures and nerve damage to the left hand.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Hand(s) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1397746

Feb 15, 2019 · Transwest Amputation

An employee was moving a fixture from a forklift. The fixture slipped and pinched his right index finger, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 5, 2019 · Rocky Mountain Specialty Services LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on a trailer attempting to secure drilling equipment to the trailer for transport when the employee fell approximately 5 feet off the trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion, loss of consciousness, and hand and wrist contusions.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1370251

Nov 28, 2018 · Target, Inc. Amputation

An employee was cleaning a meat/cheese slicer. The slicer amputated the tip of the employee's right thumb (with no bone or nail loss). The slicer was not energized; PPE was not being worn.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1364880

Nov 6, 2018 · Westroc Oilfield Service Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a load brindle to load a truck. The truck rolled backward, pinning the employee against the load. She suffered a partial collapsed lung and was hospitalized.

Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Mining, oil and gas

Sep 3, 2018 · Ensign United States Drilling, Inc. Amputation

A rig hand was guiding pipe to a racking system on a rig floor to rack back the pipe. He slipped and fell on the rig floor. As he fell, the 90-foot drilling pipe was stabbed into the floor of the rig, pinching his finger against the floor. His finger was partially amputated.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Mining, oil and gas · OSHA inspection 1343966

Aug 3, 2018 · The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC Amputation

An employee was using a steel rod to break up sugar lumps in a silo when the rod was pulled in by the silo's screw conveyor and the employee's right hand was caught in the rod handle, amputating the right pinky, ring, and middle fingers.

Entangled in other object or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1338135

Jul 3, 2018 · Transwest Hospitalized

An employee was repairing a truck clutch when the clutch flywheel crushed the employee's left pinky and ring fingers.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 29, 2018 · Oliver H Van Horn Co LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working in the tool supply room when she tripped over a box, fell to the ground, and broke her hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Wholesale trade