Severe Workplace Injuries in Montrose, Colorado

Jul 22, 2025 · WM - Montrose County Landfill Hospitalized

An employee was pressure washing a bulldozer to clean off trash and dirt when his hand was lacerated by the high-pressure stream of water. The employee required surgery.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Hand(s), finger(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jul 19, 2025 · US Forest Service Ranger Station Amputation

An employee was using a chainsaw to cut brush during wildfire suppression operations and line preparation. The chainsaw bar became stuck in brush while he was cutting limbs off a juniper tree. He reached to move the brush and his left-hand fingers contacted the moving chain. The employee's index and middle fingers were partially amputated, and he sustained severe tissue damage to his ring finger that was reattached.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Apr 24, 2025 · OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE INC Hospitalized

An employee was unloading a pallet of freight at a customer's location. He was moving the pallet onto the liftgate of the truck when the liftgate dropped a couple of inches and the pallet rolled forward. His foot was caught in or under the pallet and he fell off the liftgate. He sustained a broken right femur as well as a cut above his eye from hitting the ground. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet · Thigh(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 6, 2023 · Efficient Drywall LLC Hospitalized

An employee suffered heat stroke while installing drywall in temperatures above 90 Fahrenheit.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1683811

Jun 1, 2021 · SSC MONTROSE SAN JUAN OPERATING CO. LLC Hospitalized

An employee was taking pictures of the fire sprinkler system inside of the dumbwaiter when she fell 10 feet. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Brain · Health care and social assistance

Feb 17, 2021 · Kinikin Processing, LLC Amputation

An employee operating a patty machine partially amputated their thumb.

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

Jan 25, 2021 · Russell Stover Candies Inc Hospitalized

An employee was walking around the building when he fell to the ground and broke his femur.

Fall on same level · Thigh(s) · Retail

Jul 21, 2020 · Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was stocking shelves of vitamins using a 3-tiered step stool. The employee missed the last step while descending the step stool and fell backwards to the floor. The employee sustained a broken left hip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Retail

Apr 10, 2020 · City Market Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a gas pump, working inside a coned off area, while wearing a reflectorized vest. A vehicle entered the coned off area and ran over the employee's feet. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Ankle(s) · Retail

Aug 18, 2019 · USPS at Montrose Hospitalized

An employee was walking, delivering mail, when he suffered a hip injury and fell to the ground. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery for a broken hip.

Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 19, 2018 · Neiman Enterprises, Inc. Amputation

An employee was clearing a jam in an air filtration system when another employee re-energized the machine without realizing the injured employee was still working inside it. The blades activated and amputated four fingers of the employee's left hand.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1355930

Jul 11, 2018 · Probst Electric Hospitalized

A transmission pole was in a 42-inch diameter hole that was being backfilled. An employee slipped into the hole and suffered an ankle dislocation.

Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Utilities

Mar 21, 2018 · Montrose Forest Products, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was shoveling wood scrap into a chipper when the employee was struck by a board that came off a conveyor, suffering a neck injury.

Struck by object or equipment · Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Aug 29, 2016 · Montrose Forest Products, LLC Amputation

An employee had three fingertips amputated in the connecting eyes of the bucket and the tractor.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 26, 2016 · SkyWest Airlines, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was exiting the belt loader. His foot slipped and he fell, suffering broken ribs and a possible lacerated lung.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 11, 2016 · Montrose Forest Products LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on an A-frame ladder troubleshooting the sawmill conveyor system. He fell from the ladder and his left pinky finger was crushed by an unguarded chain and sprocket gear, requiring hospitalization.

Other fall to lower level · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing