Severe Workplace Injuries in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Employers in Bartlesville reported 14 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through October 2025: 10 workers hospitalized and 4 amputations (29% of reports). Hotels and restaurants accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 3 of them.
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Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Bartlesville since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 21 inspections at Bartlesville workplaces, and 11 of them (52%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 28 serious, 0 willful and 0 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $141,189.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Whale Materials LLC (complaint, details) | 18 (15 serious+) | $92,680 |
| Schlumberger Technology Corp. (complaint, details) | 3 (1 serious+) | $9,458 |
| Colin Framing (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,526 |
| Sodexo USA (referral, details) | 2 | $8,000 |
| Keeco LLC (complaint, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $12,000 |
| Koehn Construction Service (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $1,774 |
| Bell Camper Sales (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $4,147 |
| Springs Global Us, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 | $6,800 |
| Ba Stucco, LLC (planned, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $1,304 |
| Starbucks Coffee Company (referral, details) | 1 | $600 |
| Bartlesville Cycle Sports, LLC (complaint, details) | 2 | $900 |
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 14 newest severe injury reports from Bartlesville employers, as OSHA published them.
Oct 21, 2025 · Edward Jones Investments Hospitalized
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
Fall while sitting · Hip joint(s) · Finance and insurance
Jun 30, 2025 · Schlumberger Technology Corporation Amputation
An employee was completing a winding process involving installation of magnet wire into a stator. The final loop of the wire wrapped around the employee's left little finger and pulled it into the stator, resulting in an amputation to the finger below the first joint (in the area of the fingernail).
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Nov 11, 2024 · TouchPoint Support Services Hospitalized
An employee was walking down a flight of steps when they missed the last step and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Hotels and restaurants
Aug 5, 2024 · Ledcor Technical Services Hospitalized
An employee was loading equipment into the bed of a pickup truck. They were stepping off the bed, tripped over the equipment, and fell to the ground, fracturing their left knee. The employee was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Knee(s) · Other services
Jun 3, 2024 · Green Country Village Hospitalized
An employee was entering an apartment to clean it when her foot got caught on the carpet and she fell. 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 · SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORP. Hospitalized
An employee was using a forklift to load a trailer with a tubular motor. The motor rolled between the forks and fell onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to the lower leg.
Nonroadway noncollision Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing
Dec 11, 2023 · Sodexo USA Amputation
An employee was performing preventative maintenance on an air handling unit. As the employee was confirming that the variable frequency drive startup was sequencing correctly, the motor engaged and the employee's left ring finger was caught in the motor pulley. Their finger was partially amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1716420
Aug 24, 2023 · Service and Manufacturing Corporation Amputation
An employee was assisting with moving steel containers to and from the paint room. As the employee moved a skate under the steel container, the forklift lowered the container onto the employee's thumb. The employee's right thumb was amputated half way to the joint.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1695678
Aug 22, 2022 · TouchPoint Support Services Amputation
As it was pushed through a doorway, a plastic linen cart amputated the tip of an employee's left thumb.
Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services
Jun 27, 2018 · JANE PHILLIPS MEDICAL CENTER Hospitalized
An employee caught their leg brace on a work desk, fell to ground, and was hospitalized for a fracture leg.
Fall on same level (other) · Leg(s) · Health care and social assistance
Sep 8, 2017 · BREWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Hospitalized
An employee was picking up trash at a construction worksite when he stepped in a hole and tripped, dislocating his right ankle.
Fall through surface or existing opening · Ankle(s) · Construction
Apr 30, 2016 · Starbucks Coffee Company Hospitalized
An employee stepped on and slipped on a serving tray in the freezer, falling and breaking his ankle.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Ankle(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1148216
Feb 29, 2016 · Hal Smith Holdings Hospitalized
An employee was pouring used cooking oil into a disposal receptacle. The oil was not sufficiently cool and as it was being transferred, it splashed on the employee's face and shoulder resulting in burns that required overnight hospitalization.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Hotels and restaurants
Aug 1, 2015 · Lowe's Home Centers, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was on the back of a flatbed trailer inspecting a load for accuracy before the truck left the store for a delivery. The employee fell off the flatbed, struck his head upon landing, and was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level · Brain · Retail
After a workplace injury in Oklahoma
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.
Personal injury lawyers in Bartlesville
Lawbamba lists 6 personal injury lawyers with an office in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 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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