Severe Workplace Injuries in Englewood, Colorado

Nov 5, 2025 · Unbridled Contractors Hospitalized

An employee was in a 20-foot deep trench box, working to lay sanitary water pipe. The trench boxes were rigged with a 4-way chain rigging device. One of the legs of the rigging broke while a trench box was being moved. The chain struck the employee's right forearm, breaking it.

Struck by other propelled object or substance (other) · Forearm(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1858686

Aug 21, 2025 · Cain Construction Company Hospitalized

An employee was grading dirt with a walk-behind mini skid steer. He was walking backward with the machine when his left foot struck a 6" wall and his leg got stuck between the wall and the mini skid steer. He fell backward while his leg was caught and sustained a fractured fibula.

Compressed between running equipment and other object(s) · Lower leg(s) · Construction

May 19, 2025 · ADK Electric Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was using a portable ladder to install a junction box in drywall studs when they fell approximately 5 feet off the ladder, resulting in fractured ribs and a fractured back.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple trunk locations · Construction

Feb 1, 2025 · Q3 Contracting Inc Hospitalized

An employee was ringing out a section of cable at a new switch cabinet when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns to both hands, his neck, and his face.

Exposure to electric arc · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Nov 18, 2024 · Nordstrom Incorporated Hospitalized

An employee was moving a server rack when it fell over and struck his lower back, resulting in pain in his lower back and left knee.

Struck by object tipping over · Trunk and other lower extremities · Retail

May 30, 2024 · Bergelectric Corp Amputation

An employee was using a drill-powered tugger to pull wire when his finger got caught between the mule tape and the tugger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction

May 27, 2024 · Swedish Medical Center Hospitalized

An employee was helping a combative patient in the emergency department when he was nearly struck by the patient and fell sustaining a laceration on his elbow. He was later hospitalized.

Intentional violence by other person (other) · Elbow(s) · Health care and social assistance

Feb 26, 2024 · Ned Stevens Cleaning Services of CO, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was engaged in gutter cleaning activities when he fell from the roof to the ground, resulting in a broken leg.

Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1735736

Jan 5, 2024 · Waste Connections of Colorado Amputation

An employee backed a garbage truck into an alley, stopped the truck, and got out. While the truck was dumping, he realized it was slowly going backward, and he tried to get to the door. His left hand was trapped and scraped between the door and the brick wall of a building, and the little finger was amputated. The incident occurred during a training activity.

Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Other finger(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Oct 30, 2023 · Budget Truck Rental Hospitalized

An employee was removing snow from truck windows when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a right hip injury.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Real estate and rental

Aug 28, 2023 · Concrete Pump Partners LLC Hospitalized

An employee was cutting a steel pipe on a chop saw when the blade broke, sending parts of the blade into the employee's right shin. The employee sustained a fracture and laceration.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Aug 23, 2023 · Accu-Tube LLC Amputation

An employee was pulling a metal wire for a cart track pulley system. The motor energized, causing his hand to become caught between the wheel and wire. The employee's little fingertip was amputated.

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

Aug 20, 2023 · DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC Amputation

A maintenance employee was installing a new belt when their finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1693709

Jul 13, 2023 · UPS Hospitalized

An employee was delivering packages when they began experiencing cramping and heat-related illness.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1684949

Jun 21, 2023 · Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. Hospitalized

Employees were loading pipes onto a flatbed truck when one of the pipes rolled off the truck and struck the injured employee, causing a fractured vertebra.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Nonclassifiable · Real estate and rental

May 2, 2023 · E Light Electrical Services Hospitalized

An employee was terminating new feeders into a 4,000-amp switch gear. While moving wires that were dangling, one of the wires came in contact with a phase bus that created a ground fault and an arc blast. The employee sustained third-degree burns to the right side of his neck and burns to the right arm and left hand that required surgery.

Direct exposure to electricity · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1667331

Apr 10, 2023 · Lumen Technologies Hospitalized

An employee was loading a ladder on top of a work van when she jumped or slipped off the bumper of the van and sustained a knee fracture and/or tibia fracture.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 18, 2023 · Avient Corporation Amputation

An employee was operating a milling machine to fabricate parts. Swarf accumulated on the cutting surface. As the employee cleared the metal shavings, the rotating blade on the machine caught their left ring finger, resulting in a soft tissue fingertip amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1646160

Jan 16, 2023 · Rocky Mountain Breaker Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was assisting with a scrap metal drop-off at a scrapyard. While unloading, the employee fell onto his left knee in the bed of a pickup truck and rolled his leg. The employee sustained a left knee ligament tear.

Fall on same level · Knee(s) · Other services

Oct 28, 2022 · Air Gas USA LLC Hospitalized

Employees were offloading a truck when cryogenic equipment fell from the truck and struck an employee. The employee sustained injury to an artery in their right arm and required surgery.

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

Sep 13, 2022 · AMERICAN FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Hospitalized

An employee was getting onto a pallet racking system. The employee's right foot went through the racking mesh, which lacerated the employee's leg.

Struck against stationary object or equipment (other) · Leg(s) · Retail

Jun 22, 2022 · FERGUSON ENTERPRISES LLC Hospitalized

A stand-up forklift operator was backing up when his forklift struck another forklift that was also backing up. He was hospitalized with fractured feet.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Foot (feet) · Wholesale trade

May 23, 2022 · FurnitureWorks Manufacturing Company Amputation

An employee was cutting a piece of wood on a table saw. The saw blade amputated his left thumb.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1598099

Mar 14, 2022 · Baccara-USA Amputation

An employee was preparing to splice a wire to a terminal using a benchtop pneumatic wire splicer. The splicer activated and lacerated the employee's left index finger. The pad of the fingertip was medically amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 8, 2022 · Meadow Gold Dairy Hospitalized

An employee was backing up a forklift when it struck another, parked forklift. The second forklift's clamp attachment entered the cab of the employee's forklift and struck his leg, dislocating the femur from the knee.

Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

May 31, 2021 · MEADOW GOLD DAIRY Amputation

An employee was clearing a jam in the filler machine and amputated their right thumb.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1533927

Mar 20, 2021 · Western Metals Recycling, L.L.C. Hospitalized

An employee was working in a rail yard coupling rail cars when his left leg was pinned between rail cars at the knuckle joint. The leg was broken.

Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1522140

Feb 19, 2021 · Dairy Farmers of America Hospitalized

On 2/19/2021, an employee was near the top of an extension ladder attempting to "blow out" a clogged milk line. There was ice on the floor where the ladder was standing. The ladder slipped on the ice, and the employee fell onto products/equipment, a concrete barrier pole, and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left tibia, nose, left side ribs, and knee cap.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Feb 9, 2021 · AMERICAN STAINLESS STEEL CORP. Amputation

An employee was working with a co-worker on a brake press bending stainless steel when he noticed one piece had not bent at a 90-degree angle. He went to hit it again at a small place in the middle, and when doing so, the machine crushed his fingers. The employee suffered a ring fingertip amputation and amputation of his middle finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1514229

Sep 22, 2020 · Goodwill Hospitalized

An employee was using a pallet jack to unload boxes of furniture from a trailer. A box of furniture was sitting on a pallet that was partially shattered. As the pallet was pulled, it completely shattered causing the furniture to fall onto the employee. The employee suffered displaced fractures to both bones in the right ankle.

Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway · Ankle(s) · Retail