Severe Workplace Injuries in Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Employers in Highlands Ranch reported 23 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through May 2025: 21 workers hospitalized and 2 amputations (9% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 7 of them.
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How workers were hurt
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OSHA inspections in Highlands Ranch since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 117 inspections at Highlands Ranch workplaces, and 76 of them (65%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 93 serious, 3 willful and 10 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $416,732.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Eff Roofing (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $11,292 |
| Executive Coatings And Contracting Corporation (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $10,000 |
| Eff Roofing (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $6,452 |
| Waner Construction Company, Inc. (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $14,518 |
| Schultz Industries, Inc. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $9,000 |
| Bk Welding, Inc. (unprogrammed, details) | 1 | $8,067 |
| Skylight Specialists Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,872 |
| Jcc Construction Solutions, LLC (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $6,452 |
| Lifetime Construction, LLC (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $13,423 |
| Ortizz Roofing Scorp (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,500 |
| Gorman Roofing Services, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $24,110 |
| Stewart's Classics Of Colorado, LLC (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $2,867 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 23 newest severe injury reports from Highlands Ranch employers, as OSHA published them.
May 19, 2025 · Fosters Paint & Wall Coverings Hospitalized
An employee was preparing to paint interior doors and doorframes of a commercial building when they opened a door and stepped through, falling approximately 6 feet down an unguarded elevator shaft to concrete flooring, resulting in a fractured wrist and upper right arm.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Wrist(s) and arm(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1825723
Oct 31, 2024 · UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Hospitalized
An employee was entering the building when he tripped on the lip of a floor mat and fell into a door and then onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance
Apr 12, 2024 · Schultz Industries, Inc. Hospitalized
Employees were doing landscaping work next to a retaining wall. An employee slipped and fell 10 feet off the wall, suffering a broken back.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1742877
Nov 4, 2022 · DH Pace Denver Hospitalized
An employee was standing on a ladder that was leaned against a garage opening. A door struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall 10 feet on to the ground. The employee sustained fractures.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Nonclassifiable · Wholesale trade
Sep 29, 2022 · MTech Mechanical Hospitalized
An employee was torching a joint for an HVAC compressor on a roof. Oil residue from the compressor caught fire, and the employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the arms and the side of the face.
Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing
Jun 15, 2021 · National Coatings II Inc. Hospitalized
An employee fell from a wastewater clarifier, landing 10 feet below and suffering broken ribs and a broken pelvis.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Multiple trunk locations · Construction · OSHA inspection 1537323
Dec 4, 2020 · Flatiron Construction Inc Hospitalized
An employee was operating a rough-terrain forklift when it turned over on the boom side. The employee suffered a partially collapsed lung, a broken scapula, and broken ribs.
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction · OSHA inspection 1505277
Oct 9, 2020 · U-Haul of West Central Colorado Hospitalized
An employee was operating a forklift when it tipped over. The employee was pinned under the forklift and sustained a broken pelvis and a leg injury.
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Pelvis · Real estate and rental · OSHA inspection 1497067
Sep 16, 2019 · Pro Disposal and Recycling, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was in a truck picking up trash at a residential site. When he exited the truck to pick up the trash, the truck rolled back and pinned him against another vehicle. He was hospitalized with a broken right leg. The truck was not in neutral at the time of the incident.
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Sep 10, 2019 · OnPoint Medical Group Hospitalized
An employee walked into a storage closet and fell into an uncovered crawl space. The light was off at the time.
Fall through surface or existing opening · Nonclassifiable · Health care and social assistance
Apr 26, 2019 · Academy Roofing Inc. Hospitalized
The injured employee was installing metal cap facia using a 20-foot extension ladder at a residence. The ladder was set up on top of gravel and shifted laterally. The employee fell approximately 13 feet to the ground breaking the left humerus.
Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Upper arm(s) · Construction
Dec 6, 2018 · RK MECHANICAL Hospitalized
An employee was hospitalized after both legs were lacerated with a drill bit.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Leg(s) · Construction
Oct 12, 2018 · BriSco Corp Hospitalized
An employee was painting on top of a scissor lift platform that was extended 19 feet when the lift went over a ramp incline and became unstable, tipping over. The employee impacted the ground, suffering broken ribs and fractured vertebrae.
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Multiple body parts · Construction · OSHA inspection 1353979
Sep 18, 2018 · MC Foundations Hospitalized
An employee fell from a scaffold to the ground while removing foundation pins, suffering a broken pelvis.
Other fall to lower level · Pelvis · Construction
Mar 6, 2018 · Derr & Gruenewald Construction, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was walking on tube steel at ground level when he slipped and fell to the ground, breaking his left leg and requiring hospitalization.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Leg(s) · Construction
Sep 11, 2017 · King Soopers #110 Hospitalized
An employee was walking through the parking lot on her way into work to begin her shift. A parked car, operated by a customer, backed out of a parking space and hit the employee, knocking her to the ground. She broke six ribs and possibly broke her leg.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Retail
Oct 5, 2016 · JC Steel LLC Hospitalized
An employee was welding structural steel. While descending a ladder, the employee fell to the ground and dislocated an ankle, requiring hospitalization.
Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Construction
Oct 1, 2016 · Rubio's Amputation
An employee was using a chef's knife to cut steak when the knife cut her thumb, amputating the tip.
Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Hotels and restaurants
Jul 15, 2016 · Xcel Energy Inc. Amputation
With the assistance of a sling swing the employee was loading a big gas valve into a truck with his bare hands. During the loading, the sling rotated thus rotating the valve, which caused the employee to pinch his finger between the sling and the valve resulting in the amputation of his thumb just below the fingernail.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Utilities
May 15, 2016 · Home Depot - Highlands Ranch Hospitalized
An employee was connecting the hitch of a wood chipper to a customer's truck when the hitch ball fell on top of his left foot. He had surgery and was hospitalized.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Foot (feet) · Retail
Apr 22, 2016 · King Soopers #27 Hospitalized
An employee laid the dock plate down on a trailer bed to unload a trailer. A piece of wood was sticking out from the trailer wall, preventing the dock plate from laying all the way down. The employee used his foot to kick the wood out of the way, which caused his foot to become stuck under the dock plate. His ankle broke and started bleeding.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Ankle(s) · Retail
Aug 17, 2015 · Skytor Building Group, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was installing the wood truss of a roof when the truss moved, causing the employee to lose balance and fall approximately 10 feet to the floor. The employee broke both wrists and ribs on the left side. A fall protection system was not used at the time.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1086139
Apr 3, 2015 · Amazing Moves, Moving and Storage Hospitalized
An employee fell between the dock and a moving truck. His hand was crushed by an aluminum ramp he was carrying.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hand(s) · Transportation and warehousing
After a workplace injury in Colorado
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
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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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