Severe Workplace Injuries in Baltimore, Maryland
Employers in Baltimore reported 20 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through April 2024: 18 workers hospitalized and 3 amputations (15% of reports). Transportation and warehousing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 6 of them.
Reports by year
Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Baltimore since 2015
OSHA opened 2,054 inspections at Baltimore workplaces, and 1,417 of them (69%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 4,045 serious, 21 willful and 302 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $3,777,049.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland Transportation Authority (complaint, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $2,700 |
| Miracle Home Improvements, Llc (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $18,750 |
| Charm City Roofing (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,625 |
| J&I Remodeling Llc (planned, details) | 9 (4 serious+) | $3,300 |
| Ruff Roofing & Sheet Metal, Llc (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $5,100 |
| Charm City Roofing (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $9,350 |
| Fick Bros Roofing & Exterior Remodeling Company (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $2,126 |
| Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc. (planned, details) | 4 (2 serious+) | $5,400 |
| Baltimore Steel Erectors, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $825 |
| R & C Remodeling Llc (planned, details) | 17 (6 serious+) | $2,400 |
| Val Construction Inc (planned, details) | 12 (6 serious+) | $3,400 |
| D & W Clutch & Brake, Inc. (planned, details) | 8 (4 serious+) | $4,275 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA and state-plan inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 20 newest severe injury reports from Baltimore employers, as OSHA published them.
Apr 18, 2024 · Ballard Marine Construction LLC Amputation
Two divers were drilling timber piles. One diver's gloved left hand got caught in the second diver's drill and their left middle fingertip was amputated.
Injured by object held or wielded by person · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Oct 3, 2023 · U.S. Coast Guard Yard Hospitalized
An employee was grit blasting when the blasting material contacted his left leg, resulting in an abrasion that required hospitalization.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Leg(s) · Manufacturing
Jun 12, 2023 · Ports America Chesapeake LLC Hospitalized
An employee was driving forward in a container top handler vehicle with a container raised. When the employee applied the brakes, they were ejected from the cab, going through the glass. The employee sustained a punctured left lung, lacerated liver, crush injury to a kidney, seven broken ribs on the left side, and scalp lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Multiple trunk locations · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 2, 2023 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
On June 2, 2023, an employee was delivering mail when they experienced heat stress.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1676411
Nov 13, 2022 · BalTerm Hospitalized
An employee was scanning paper rolls and directing powered industrial trucks in a warehouse. A nearby forklift struck a 6,800-pound paper roll, causing the roll to strike the injured employee. He was knocked to the ground and sustained left toe fractures that required hospitalization.
Pedestrian vehicular incident (other) · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1634819
Feb 4, 2021 · U.S. Marshals Service/ US DOJ Hospitalized
A law enforcement officer was serving an arrest warrant when his team was fired upon, resulting in gunshot wounds to the left arm and chest that required hospitalization.
Shooting by other person-intentional · Multiple body parts (other) · Public administration
Aug 6, 2020 · Ports America Chesapeake Hospitalized
Two spotters and an operator were offloading excavators from a vessel using a crane when an excavator that was suspended in the air struck and pinned one of the spotters against the vessel. The spotter suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung.
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 14, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Amputation
A mechanic was troubleshooting equipment when his finger was caught in a machine roller, resulting in a partial amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1424224
May 30, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
An employee became dizzy from heat stress while driving a mail vehicle.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 10, 2018 · United States Postal Service Hospitalized
An employee tripped over a microwave cord and fell breaking the right hip.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing
May 29, 2018 · Ports America Chesapeake, LLC. Hospitalized
An employee was approaching an intersection on a fifth wheel and struck another fifth wheel, suffering blunt force trauma and internal injuries.
Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing
May 26, 2018 · Ports America Chesapeake, LLC. Hospitalized
An employee was standing on a ship, waiting to perform a lashing operation. A steel locking shoe fell from above, striking and breaking the employee's forearm.
Water vehicle incident (other) · Forearm(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Apr 17, 2018 · Ceres Marine Terminal Hospitalized
An employee was climbing a portable ladder being held by another employee when he slipped and fell 8 feet inside the vessel, injuring his right heel.
Fall on water vehicle · Heel(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 8, 2017 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Hospitalized
An employee had dismounted a vehicle when it began to roll. As he was chasing his work vehicle, he was crushed between his vehicle and another vehicle, injuring his torso.
Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Trunk · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 9, 2017 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
An employee was standing in the warehouse behind an operational forklift when the forklift backed up and crushed the employee's foot.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Foot (feet) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1240147
May 26, 2017 · PORTS AMERICA Hospitalized
After dismounting a forklift, an employee slipped and fell on the steel deck of a vessel, fracturing his left hip.
Fall on water vehicle · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Dec 18, 2016 · Bay Marine Services Hospitalized
An employee was moving from a ladder onto a pile of slag when he fell into the slag and broke his left leg.
Other jump to lower level · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing
May 16, 2016 · MTC/Ports of America Hospitalized
An employee was strapping down cargo on a ship and helping to guide a forklift driver when the forklift bumped the employee and knocked him down. The load then fell onto the employee's ankle, breaking it.
Water vehicle incident (other) · Ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jan 11, 2016 · Corman Marine Construction Hospitalized
An employee was preparing to change out the equalizer block on a crane when the block fell over and struck the employee, who suffered broken bones in both legs.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1123532
Jun 8, 2015 · U.S. Postal Service Amputation
An employee attempted to free a mail jam in a mail sorting device when the machine amputated his finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1068743
After a workplace injury in Maryland
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.
Hurt at work in Baltimore?
Compare workers' comp lawyers in BaltimoreSource: 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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