Severe Workplace Injuries in Catoosa, Oklahoma

Aug 25, 2025 · Kelvion Hospitalized

An employee was standing between two beams, acting as the spotter for a forklift. When the forks were placed under the beam being moved, the forks contacted the other beam and caused it to tip over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left leg just below the knee.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 10, 2025 · MacroSource, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was descending the side of a barge, having ascended to the top of it to close an opening on top of the barge lid. There was a towing rope on top of the three-step ladder on the barge; the employee put his weight on this rope, believing it to be part of the ladder, and fell backward. His ankle and shin were caught between the top of the third step and the barge lid. He suffered a fracture near the right ankle and another near his right shin and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Ankle(s) and leg(s) (other) · Manufacturing

May 28, 2025 · Johnston's Port 33, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was removing sheet metal from a flat roof. He unhooked his personal fall arrest system (PFAS) to walk to a different location. He stepped on an unsupported end of the sheet metal and the sheet metal folded, causing the employee to fall approximately 15 feet to the cement floor. The employee sustained fractures to his wrist, hip, and femur.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1827769

May 23, 2025 · Kelvion Inc. Amputation

An employee was manually rotating a tube support beam onto its side for staging when it rolled onto their left ring finger, crushing it between the fingernail and the first knuckle. The employee sustained amputation of the distal phalange.

Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1828985

Apr 16, 2025 · Custom Components & Logistics Hospitalized

An employee was deburring a threaded shaft on a CNC lathe. The employee's sleeve was caught in the lathe. As he was dislodging the sleeve, both arms were caught in the lathe. His arms were wrapped around the threaded shaft, breaking both arms and removing flesh from the forearms.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1818957

Mar 20, 2025 · Viking Packing Specialist Hospitalized

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to assemble crates. A nail punctured the employee's left index finger.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Other finger(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 25, 2025 · Norfolk Iron & Metal Amputation

An employee was helping to load a steel plate onto a trailer. He was loading a steel plate on top of two-by-four wood pieces. While he was adjusting the wood, the steel plate came down on his hand, resulting in the partial amputation of his right index finger.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade

Dec 1, 2024 · Kelvion, Inc. Amputation

An employee was assembling a piece of equipment from on his back underneath it. While pushing himself out from under the equipment, his hand was pinched by the fan drive assembly. The employee sustained an amputation to his left index finger halfway through the fingernail.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 6, 2024 · Steel & Pipe Supply Co Inc Hospitalized

An employee was standing on the ground between flatbed trailers. He lifted a load of steel to shoulder height to remove a hook. The load shifted and fell on him, knocking him to the ground underneath the other trailer. The employee was struck in the right shoulder and knee, and the load landed on his foot. The employee sustained a fractured foot.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1787554

Apr 25, 2024 · Dollar Tree Stores Inc Hospitalized

An employee was stocking the freezers at the rear of the store. They were moving items from one cart to another to consolidate items when one of the boxes wobbled. The employee moved to steady the box and fell backward striking her left hip against the lower part of the freezer. The employee sustained a broken hip.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Hip joint(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1745329

Feb 23, 2024 · Weilert Enterprises, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was helping as a crane unloaded a flatbed at a dock. The employee stepped backward into a spot where a crate had been and fell off the edge of the flatbed. He landed on his head, left shoulder, and left hand on the ground 6 feet below. He suffered a broken shoulder and a head injury requiring stitches.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 18, 2023 · TC Transcontinental Packaging Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was removing a bolt from a caliber on a machine with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the piece of equipment. As he went to loosen the bolt, he lost his balance and fell four feet to the ground.

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

Jun 9, 2022 · Advance Research Chemicals, Inc. Amputation

An employee was adjusting a filling machine when their right little finger became caught between the structure of the machine and a moving crossmember. The employee suffered an avulsion that resulted in a partial amputation of bone during a medical procedure.

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

Jun 1, 2022 · Kelvion Inc. Thermal Solutions (formerly GEA Rainey Corp) Hospitalized

An employee was expanding tubes on a tube rolling machine. They moved to the next tube when the cover slid away from the gears and the rolling tube gears grabbed the employee's right forearm, avulsing the forearm.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing

May 13, 2022 · Weilert Enterprises, Inc. Amputation

An employee was using an upcut saw to cut 2x4 wood when all four fingers on his left hand were amputated by the sawblade.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1598837

Feb 17, 2022 · Kloeckner Metals Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was transferring metal from a re-coiler to a turnstile. The employee's right middle finger was crushed between two coils of steel as he guided one of the coils off the processing line. He suffered an open displaced fracture to the finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1599125

Oct 23, 2020 · Advance Research Chemical Hospitalized

While walking into a building on the sidewalk, an employee struck a bollard and fell backward. The employee fractured a hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Wholesale trade

Feb 4, 2020 · Advance Research Chemical Hospitalized

An employee turned to reach for container lids, fell to the floor, and landed on her right elbow. She was hospitalized with a fractured elbow.

Fall on same level · Elbow(s) · Wholesale trade

Sep 11, 2019 · Oklahoma Roofing & Sheet Metal, LLC Hospitalized

An employee slipped on a rung while descending a ladder, falling approximately 10 feet and breaking his left femur.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Thigh(s) · Construction

Mar 18, 2019 · Plateplus, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were servicing equipment. While a guard was being removed, it fell onto an employee's left hand, breaking two fingers. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 3, 2018 · Watco Companies LLC Hospitalized

An employee was getting out of a semi-truck passenger door, inside the mechanic shop. He put his foot on the foot board and went to move it down to the lower step when his foot got caught on the board's grating. He fell approximately 34" onto the concrete floor sustaining a fractured left hip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 24, 2018 · Claw Manufacturing Hospitalized

An employee was moving steel plates with an overhead crane when a piece slipped off the chain and struck the employee's foot/ankle.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Foot (feet) and ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 17, 2018 · Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was preparing to take a sample from a tanker truck when a reaction occurred, causing the vapor inside the tank to combust. He received second and third degree burns to his hands, arms, and the top of his head.

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Multiple body parts (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1310843

Dec 6, 2017 · TSL Torching, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using a cutting torch and cutting behind a piece of metal to prevent sparks from entering other areas when some sparks got behind him and ignited his clothes. He sustained possible second degree burns to both legs and his buttocks area, requiring surgery and hospitalization. Fire retardant clothing was not worn at the time of the incident.

Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source · Multiple body parts (other) · Wholesale trade

Jun 19, 2017 · Custom Components & Logistics Hospitalized

An employee was setting up a press brake and changing from a short die to a long die. While he was holding the lower die partway into position, the press brake was activated via the foot pedal. The lower die then slid fully into position, taking his hand with it. The press brake moved to the setup position and crushed his left hand, breaking his middle finger and dislocating his index finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1243546

Aug 4, 2016 · Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. Amputation

An employee was preparing to load a truck of emulsion. While he was lowering the stairs, the truck's loading arm drifted, catching his hand between the loading arm and spring mechanism. His ring finger was partially amputated.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 23, 2016 · Kloeckner Metals Amputation

An employee was operating a crane via wireless remote to move a wrapped coil. The employee noticed the hooks began to slip, so the employee sat down the coil bundle and attempted to remove the paper wrapped around the coil. In doing so, one of the hooks jolted and caught the employee's right index fingertip, amputating it.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade

Feb 24, 2016 · Acme Truck Line, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was taking the tarps off his trailer when he fell approximately 5 feet, fracturing his skull and rib and suffering a collapsed lung.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Head and trunk · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 11, 2016 · Barfield Enterprises, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was unhooking chain slings on a crane moving via remote control. Hooks from the overhead crane, which was being operated remotely by a coworker, caught a 6-foot-tall bundle of steel stacked behind the employee and pulled it over onto the employee's leg. The employee's leg broke.

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

Dec 15, 2015 · Bruce Oakley, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee received a compound fracture injury to the middle three fingers of his left hand when the forklift he was changing a tire on slipped from the jack. The employee's hand was caught between the bumper and the tire.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing