Severe Workplace Injuries in Newark, Delaware
Employers in Newark reported 58 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 53 workers hospitalized and 9 amputations (16% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 18 of them.
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Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Newark since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 177 inspections at Newark workplaces, and 103 of them (58%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 231 serious, 0 willful and 8 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $1,358,406.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| At Builders, Inc. (other, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,979 |
| Potts Welding & Boiler Repair Company Incorporated (planned, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $24,101 |
| Duhadaway Tool & Die Shop, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,727 |
| Bloom Energy Corporation (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $13,241 |
| Saf-Gard Safety Shoe Company, Inc. (complaint, details) | 4 | $10,215 |
| Sp Builders Contractors Inc. (programmed, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $8,342 |
| J & T Brothers LLC (complaint, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $5,958 |
| Academia Antonia Alonso School (fatality/catastrophe, details) | 1 | $8,513 |
| L&W Supply Corporation (programmed, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $99,300 |
| Kto Construction, LLC (programmed, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $5,560 |
| A&F Machine Development Corporation (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $5,296 |
| Mumford & Miller Concrete, Inc. (programmed, details) | 1 | $5,000 |
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 30 newest severe injury reports from Newark employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 26, 2025 · Meadowood KinderCare Hospitalized
An employee was carrying a bag of garbage through the parking lot when they were struck by a car that was backing up. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Head · Health care and social assistance
Sep 4, 2025 · CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was backing up a tram (towing powered industrial equipment) to connect it to a trash bin. The employee's left forearm/wrist was caught and crushed between the tram and the bin. The employee was hospitalized.
Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Wrist(s) and arm(s) (other) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1848836
Aug 21, 2025 · HomeGoods ,LLC-Newark, DE Hospitalized
An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Jul 22, 2025 · Wawa, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was caught in swinging doors, tripped, fell to the floor, and suffered a hip injury. The employee was hospitalized, requiring hip surgery.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail
May 6, 2025 · CBRE, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was troubleshooting an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred and the employee lost consciousness. The employee also sustained burns and was hospitalized.
Exposure to electric arc · Body systems and other part(s) of body · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1824101
Sep 19, 2024 · CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Hospitalized
An employee was walking to their office, tripped and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken knee.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance
Sep 5, 2024 · John R. Seiberlich, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was evaluating a packaged HVAC unit. During testing of a damper actuator, he accessing the electrical heating coil. He sustained an electrical shock and third-degree burns to their hands and left upper and lower extremities, as well as a head laceration.
Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems and other part(s) of body · Construction · OSHA inspection 1774823
Aug 6, 2024 · VCA Kirkwood Animal Hospital Hospitalized
On August 6, 2024, an employee was performing landscaping duties when he began to feel ill. He was hospitalized for dehydration due to working in the heat.
Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Professional and technical services
Jun 17, 2024 · Christiana Care Health Systems Hospitalized
On June 17, 2024, an employee was lifting a container of cooked pasta when he felt something pop in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with an abdominal injury.
Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Abdomen · Health care and social assistance
Feb 14, 2024 · ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital Hospitalized
An employee was walking toward the front desk when they tripped and fell to the floor, resulting in a broken left hip.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance
Aug 9, 2023 · Delaware Lawn Crew, LLC Amputation
An employee was standing on a walk-behind lawn mower when the mower spun out of control. His right ring fingertip became caught in the handlebar, resulting in an amputation.
Nonroadway noncollision incident (other) · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1690983
Jun 20, 2023 · Sobieski Services, Inc Hospitalized
On June 20, 2023, an employee was replacing a residential air conditioner. The employee picked up a concrete slab to throw it when they twisted their back, resulting in a back injury.
Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction
Jan 11, 2023 · Recovery Innovations, Inc. dba RI International Hospitalized
An employee was placing a patient in a therapeutic hold when the employee fell with the patient and sustained a right ankle dislocation.
Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance
Nov 2, 2022 · United Parcel Service Inc. Hospitalized
An employee's leg was resting on a conveyor belt when the belt was powered on. The employee's foot moved forward on the belt and their knee pressed against the guide bar, resulting in an ankle fracture.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1627698
Aug 24, 2022 · Paoli Services, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was at the back of a truck loaded with dirt to be removed from a construction site. The dirt collapsed onto the employee, who suffered broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a broken shoulder.
Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction · OSHA inspection 1617397
May 5, 2022 · Rite-Aid - Store # 11180 Hospitalized
An employee tripped on a step while entering his office. The employee fell on the same level and hit his head resulting in a bruise, and injured his hip. The employee was hospitalized.
Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Hip(s) · Retail
Feb 17, 2022 · Kendall Electric, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was checking stock on a bottom shelf. The employee was leaning on a removable railing, which broke free. The employee fell 8 feet to the ground below and suffered fractures to the left arm, the left elbow, and back vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1580168
Nov 9, 2021 · Food Lion, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was moving a trash can on a dolly to a dumpster. The dolly wheels caught on an object, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffered fractures to the left hip and leg.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip(s) and leg(s) · Retail
Sep 17, 2021 · Quantum Polymers Corporation Amputation
An employee was assisting in unjamming the forks on the forklift when their hand was caught between a pallet and the forks resulting in a middle finger amputation.
Contact with objects and equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1556064
Mar 5, 2021 · Delaware Supermarkets Hospitalized
An employee was bailing cardboard and started feeling ill. The employee was hospitalized for a heart attack.
Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources · Heart · Retail
Jul 22, 2020 · DMM Dry Wall , LLC Hospitalized
An employee was sanding drywall while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. She fell and sustained a fractured left ankle.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Ankle(s) · Construction
Jul 1, 2020 · Brightview Landscape Services Hospitalized
An employee tripped on a path between an office area and a garage. The employee fell to the ground, suffering a herniated disk in the lower back.
Fall on same level due to tripping · Lumbar region · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Jun 1, 2020 · United Cocoa Processor Amputation
An employee was walking from one cocoa processing machine to another when she slipped on a grated platform. The pulley belt on a husker machine amputated three fingers on her right hand.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade
May 22, 2020 · Christiana Care Health Systems Hospitalized
An employee was struck by a patient and knocked to the floor, requiring hospitalization and surgery on her neck and back.
Intentional injury by other person · Neck and back · Health care and social assistance
May 12, 2020 · Diamond Materials, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was climbing a 6-foot step ladder to access the back of a flatbed crash truck. He realized he needed to move the ladder and climbed down. As he stepped down to the first step, he lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, twisting and landing on his hip. He suffered a fracture at the top of a femur.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Thigh(s) · Construction
Apr 30, 2020 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
On 4/30/2020, at approximately 2:00 PM, an employee was delivering mail to residents when he stepped backwards onto a stone or brick that came loose and twisted his left ankle. The employee then fell to the ground, suffering two fractures and a dislocation of the left ankle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower extremities · Transportation and warehousing
Mar 13, 2020 · Potts Welding and Boiler Repair Co., Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was helping move a bundle of metal tubes. A couple of the tubes came loose and fell onto the employee, pinning him against another bundle and breaking his right shin.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1470125
Mar 3, 2020 · BEAR INDUSTRIES, INC Amputation
The injured employee was supervising another employee who was cutting grooves into a piece of pipe. When the injured employee reached to grab a pipe, his right hand was caught in the roll groover machine and two fingers were amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1467358
Jan 2, 2020 · CBRE, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was servicing an elevated heating unit. The platform the employee was standing on came loose and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken right arm and a head injury.
Fall through surface or existing opening · Multiple body parts (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1453593
Nov 8, 2019 · Christiana Care Health System Hospitalized
Two employees were reinstalling bolts on a steel ring that held a rubber membrane in place on the bottom of a laundry press. The metal basket had been raised using the system's hydraulics so the ring could be accessed. The basket dropped onto one employee's fingers, causing fractures and lacerations.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Health care and social assistance
After a workplace injury in Delaware
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.
Workers compensation lawyers in Newark
Lawbamba lists 6 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Newark, Delaware, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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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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