Severe Workplace Injuries in Jenks, Oklahoma

Employers in Jenks reported 11 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2016 through August 2025: 10 workers hospitalized and 1 amputations (9% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 1 of them.

11Severe injury reports
10Workers hospitalized
1Amputations
1Followed by an OSHA inspection

Reports by year

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Industries

Construction6 (55%)
Transportation and warehousing2 (18%)
Manufacturing1 (9%)
Real estate and rental1 (9%)
Retail1 (9%)

How workers were hurt

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet2 (18%)
Fall on same level due to slipping2 (18%)
Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet1 (9%)
Exposure to environmental heat1 (9%)
Fall on same level (other)1 (9%)
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation1 (9%)

Parts of the body injured

Foot (feet)1 (9%)
Multiple body parts (other)1 (9%)
Body systems1 (9%)
Brain1 (9%)
Leg(s)1 (9%)
Arm(s)1 (9%)

OSHA inspections in Jenks since 2016

Workplace safety inspectors opened 29 inspections at Jenks workplaces, and 18 of them (62%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 23 serious, 0 willful and 4 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $147,001.

Rules cited most often:

Fall protection (construction) (1926.501)7
Scaffolding (1926.451)5
Ladders (construction) (1926.1053)3
Rigging equipment for material handling (1926.251)3
Lead (1910.1025)3
Machine guarding (1910.212)2
Trench protective systems (1926.652)2
Electrical safety (construction) (1926.416)2

Recent inspections with penalties

EmployerOpenedViolationsPenalty
Miranda Construction LLC (other, details) May 13, 2026 1 (1 serious+) $1,929
Frontier Justice, LLC (complaint, details) Aug 20, 2025 7 (2 serious+) $14,999
Cherokee Builders, Inc. (planned, details) Jan 3, 2024 1 $544
Jr & Co., Inc. (programmed, details) Jan 3, 2024 2 (2 serious+) $55,308
Ellsworth Construction (planned, details) Oct 20, 2023 5 (2 serious+) $14,160
Duerson, Inc. (planned, details) Feb 3, 2021 2 (2 serious+) $7,700
Arce Construction L.L.C. (planned, details) Aug 12, 2020 1 (1 serious+) $2,892
Angel Villegas (planned, details) Nov 16, 2018 1 (1 serious+) $2,387
Udelio Ivan Orozco Lopez (planned, details) Nov 16, 2018 1 (1 serious+) $3,978
D2e Enterprise, LLC (fatality/catastrophe, details) Jul 3, 2018 3 (3 serious+) $12,934
Russell Company (planned, details) Feb 1, 2018 2 (2 serious+) $2,328
Bng Solution, LLC (planned, details) Feb 9, 2017 2 (2 serious+) $1,900

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 11 newest severe injury reports from Jenks employers, as OSHA published them.

Aug 27, 2025 · Lyles Enterprises Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working inside of a server cabinet replacing a light bulb. He was standing on the second rung of a 4-foot ladder when he slipped and fell. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle that required surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Ankle(s) · Construction

Aug 6, 2025 · CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION Hospitalized

A crew was using a cable to extract a drilled shaft pier casing from the ground after concrete had been placed inside of the shaft to keep the dirt in place. One employee went to pry the casing loose using a 2 x 4 when the cable device was moved, resulting in the employee's right thumb being crushed between the 2 x 4 and the pier casing. The employee required surgery.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Thumb(s) · Construction

Jan 2, 2025 · Contract Freighters Inc Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning out a truck trailer when they fell from the trailer to the ground level, resulting in a fractured femur.

Other fall to lower level · Thigh(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 29, 2023 · Estes Express Lines Amputation

An employee was making a delivery and helping a forklift driver load pallets. The employee's fingers were pinched between the forklift blades and a pallet, resulting in partial amputation of the right little finger.

Nonclassifiable · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 13, 2021 · Southstone, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working underneath a vehicle on a car lift when the car lift lowered onto the employee and fractured their pelvis.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Pelvis · Construction

Mar 5, 2021 · Warehouse Specialists, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking down the palletizer platform stairs, slipped on the last stair, and fell. The employee sustained a broken left arm.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Arm(s) · Retail

Feb 27, 2019 · Case and Associates Hospitalized

An employee slipped on an icy landing and fell, suffering an injury to the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Leg(s) · Real estate and rental

Jan 5, 2017 · Traffic & Lighting Systems, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was moving a signal arm at a toll booth gate when a nylon sling failed, causing the arm to swing down and strike the employee's chest. He fell to the ground and struck his head.

Fall on same level (other) · Brain · Construction

Sep 9, 2016 · C.R. Meyer and Sons Company Hospitalized

An employee was carrying and tying a rebar throughout the work day in a warehouse when he began to feel unwell. He was hospitalized due to heat stress.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction

Jun 20, 2016 · D & D Stud Welding Hospitalized

An employee fell approximately 30 feet through an uncovered hole in the floor, sustaining multiple broken bones and a broken nose, and knocking out teeth.

Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1158026

Apr 18, 2016 · Kimberly-Clark Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was on a 5-foot fixed ladder, descending a work platform, when he missed a ladder rung and slid down the ladder to the floor. He fractured his right foot and required surgery.

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

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.

Workers compensation lawyers in Oklahoma

Lawbamba lists 183 workers compensation lawyers with an office in 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).

Ryan Polchinski
Workers Compensation, Personal Injury
Oklahoma City · 4.9★ from 82 reviews
Joel LaCourse
LaCourse Law
Workers Compensation, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial
Tulsa · 4.7★ from 259 reviews
Brandon Burton
Burton Law Group, P.C.
Workers Compensation, Employment & Labor, Personal Injury
Oklahoma City · 4.9★ from 15 reviews
Jennifer Liggett
Workers Compensation
Enid · 4.9★ from 13 reviews

Matched by practice area and office location only. These lawyers are not connected to the records on this page and have not reviewed or endorsed it.

Other Oklahoma cities

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.

Lawbamba is not affiliated with OSHA or the Department of Labor, and this page is general information, not legal advice.