Severe Workplace Injuries in Wilmington, Delaware

Nov 14, 2025 · Enstructure Wilmington Holdings LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working near a lift that was removing bales of wood pulp from storage. A bale being removed from the stack caught the corner of the bale above, causing the higher bale to fall and strike the employee. The employee sustained multiple injuries including a left foot laceration and degloving injury, right medial malleolus fracture, right leg laceration, multiple toe lacerations, subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and a left temporal calvarial fracture extending into the mastoid. He was hospitalized.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Brain · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1859763

Jul 12, 2025 · Quality Heating and Air, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was changing out a metal coil when the coil fell on his foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.

Struck by falling object · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Construction

Mar 19, 2025 · Cavan Construction Company, Inc. Amputation

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a piece of 2 x 4 when the piece jumped forward and he sustained amputated tissue from his left index fingertip.

Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction

Dec 16, 2024 · Delmarva Power Natural Gas Division Amputation

An employee was utilizing a core drill to drill a foundation for a gas meter relocation. The employee's glove became entangled in the drill resulting in amputations of their left ring and little fingers.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Utilities

Jul 15, 2024 · PKF MARK III, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was backing up a rough-terrain forklift with a dock section rigged to the forks. The forklift rolled over and the employee was bounced around inside the cab. The employee sustained fractures, a dislocated shoulder, contusions, and a laceration to the head area.

Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn · Multiple body parts · Construction · OSHA inspection 1761953

Jun 19, 2024 · Burns & McBride, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was installing an HVAC system in a customer's home and was hospitalized for heat illness.

Exposure to environmental heat indoor · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1758716

Nov 14, 2023 · Ramone's Landscaping, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was operating a riding mower when they fell off and sustained lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Nonclassifiable · Professional and technical services

Oct 6, 2023 · Diamond Materials LLC Hospitalized

An employee was placing road barrels on a street for future road work activities. A nearby flatbed truck struck a telephone pole while turning, causing chain link security fencing to strike the employee in the chest and pin them against a steel handrail of the platform and the fence. The employee suffered fractured ribs on both sides, a lacerated liver and pancreas, and a ruptured spleen that required surgery.

Pedestrian vehicular incident (other) · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Sep 21, 2023 · Port Wilmington/ an Enstructure Company Hospitalized

An employee was working on the wharf recouping lumber boards (2x4s and 2x6s that can vary from 8' to 16' in length) from bundles that had become misplaced when they sustained a right rotator cuff tear requiring hospitalization.

Overexertion involving outside sources · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 21, 2023 · Big Lots #5246 Amputation

An employee was unloading a delivery truck. They were lowering a manual dock plate onto the rear of the truck when the plate fell and crushed their left hand. The employee's left index and middle fingers were partially amputated and reattached at the hospital.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Retail

Jun 7, 2023 · Western Express, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was standing outside of his truck waiting for a load when a forklift dropped a pallet of plywood onto the employee, resulting in fractures to their lower body.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Nonclassifiable · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1675881

Apr 14, 2023 · ShopRite of 1st State Plaza Amputation

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut pig feet. The saw amputated the tip of his thumb and part of the nail.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1668937

Feb 27, 2023 · GT USA Wilmington, LLC a subsidiary of Gulftainer Company Limited Hospitalized

An employee was weaving wire to an excavator bucket when he slipped and fell 8 feet, striking his head on several objects before impacting the hard surface. The employee sustained head trauma and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Brain · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1632237

Jan 13, 2023 · Hatzel and Buehler, Inc. Hospitalized

An office employee was entering her work cubicle when she tripped over the plastic floor mat under the office chair. The employee fell, which resulting in a fractured arm.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Arm(s) · Construction

Aug 3, 2022 · GT USA Wilmington LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking past vehicles lashed to a ship when she tripped on a lashing strap and fell to the deck. She suffered a hip fracture and was hospitalized.

Fall on water vehicle · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 3, 2022 · Owen Steel Company, Inc. Amputation

An employee was placing a block under a steel plate when the plate slipped and caused an amputation to their right thumb.

Contact with objects and equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1612343

Jul 20, 2022 · United States Postal Service Hospitalized

A city mail carrier was hospitalized after finishing his shift early, suffering from dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 28, 2022 · Delaware Park Casino Hospitalized

An employee was riding down an escalator when she fell, and her left shirt sleeve got caught between the yellow combs at the bottom of the escalator and the descending step she was seated on after falling. The employee suffered an injury to her left arm and elbow that required surgery.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Elbow(s) and arms(s) · Arts, entertainment and recreation

May 23, 2022 · Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Hospitalized

An employee changing a 277-volt lighting ballast was shocked by electricity and sustained a laceration to a finger during their recoiling from the shock.

Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts · Body systems · Real estate and rental

May 20, 2022 · PetSmart Store 1103, Brandywine Hospitalized

An employee was standing in a dog spa check-in area when a dog bit the employee's left hand, causing wounds that became infected. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Hand(s) · Retail

Apr 19, 2022 · GT USA Wilmington LLC Hospitalized

An employee was struck by a forklift and suffered a leg injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 27, 2022 · Delaware Supermarkets, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot. When they stepped on a curb, the employee lost balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken right hip.

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

Jan 25, 2022 · GT USA Wilmington LLC Hospitalized

An employee was disconnecting an air line from a machine. The airline hit him on the back of the head knocking him off the machine.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Nonclassifiable · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 8, 2021 · Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was in a tree, cutting off the top. The tree shook and the employee's safety line hopped over where the cut was made. The employee fell to the ground, suffering pelvis and rib fractures and a spine injury.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple trunk locations · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1552922

Jul 13, 2021 · VA Medical Center Wilmington Amputation

An employee was conducting maintenance on a rotary microtome when the tip of their right little finger contacted the microtome blade, resulting in an amputation.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Health care and social assistance

Feb 2, 2021 · Trinity Health Corporation Amputation

An employee was working to unjam the cable of a plumbing machine when his rubber glove got caught on the cable and caused an amputation to his right middle finger.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1512953

Jan 8, 2021 · GT USA Wilmington LLC Hospitalized

An employee was helping to unload lumber from a vessel. A spreader bar struck and injured her stomach.

Nonclassifiable · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 12, 2020 · Delaware Park Management Company Hospitalized

An employee fell while entering a break room, landing on the floor and suffering fractures to the right femur and kneecap and the right little finger, as well as contusions to the right hand, shoulder, and cheek.

Fall on same level due to tripping over self · Upper and lower limb(s) · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Sep 29, 2020 · RMG Erectors & Constructors, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was standing next to a bundle of purlins, guiding the telehandler operator to establish fork placement. As the forks were entering the top section of purlins, the top bundle slid down off the lower bundle, landing on the employee's right foot and trapping the employee. The purlins continued to fall, landing on the upper part of the right leg. The employee sustained a crushing injury, puncture to the right lower extremity, and a muscular injury.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Leg(s) · Construction

Aug 26, 2020 · IKO Industries Ltd. Amputation

At 9:30 a.m. on August 26, 2020, an employee was cutting off fiberglass material that had wrapped around a roller on a production line. A chain and gear caught the employee's gloved-hand, causing a 3-millimeter fingertip amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1490006