Severe Workplace Injuries in Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Sep 19, 2025 · CoxCom, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was descending a ladder that was on a strand when the ladder shifted, causing the employee to jump off and fall about 5.5 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.

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

Aug 20, 2025 · Sun Auto Tire & Service, Inc Hospitalized

An employee finished installing a tube into a 12.4 x 24" tractor tire and connected the air hose to inflate the tube. The tube overinflated and exploded, causing the wheel and tire to fly through the air and strike the employee's forehead. The employee sustained a frontal sinus fracture and a forehead laceration.

Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Forehead, temple(s) · Retail

Aug 14, 2024 · Ardagh Glass Inc. Amputation

Three employees were cleaning out a dust collector that had jammed. They removed they auger to facilitate cleaning. The injured employee's right hand became entangled in a rotary airlock valve, resulting in an amputation of the first digit of their right index finger that required hospitalization and surgery.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Sep 14, 2023 · Sherwood Construction Company, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were using gasoline and bar oil to ignite a brush pile when a flash fire occurred. An employee sustained burns to their face, arms, and hands.

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Sep 11, 2023 · Gastech Engineering LLC Amputation

An employee was removing a chock used to stabilize a 25,000-pound pressure vessel. After a forklift rolled the vessel away from the chock, the tine of the forklift struck the vessel, causing it to roll forward just as the employee reached down to remove the chock. The employee's left hand was caught between the chock and the vessel, resulting in amputations to the index finger above the second knuckle and the middle finger below the second knuckle. The employee also sustained a ring finger fracture.

Pedestrian vehicular incident (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Aug 31, 2022 · PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was entering a concrete pit by stepping down onto a 55-gallon drum in the pit. He slipped and fell, and his lower abdomen struck the edge of the drum; his upper body then fell toward the other side of the drum. He suffered internal crushing injuries to the abdomen, as well as a laceration to the lower lip.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Jul 16, 2022 · Paragon Industries Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was standing between two conveyors, checking the steel pipes on one of the conveyors. The conveyors activated and caused the pipes to move, resulting in crush injuries to the employee's chest.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

May 21, 2022 · Ardagh Glass Inc. Hospitalized

An employee clocked out and was leaving the facility. She tripped on railroad tracks that go through the breakroom and fell, breaking her right femur.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 31, 2022 · Bennett Steel, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a crane with a wireless remote to move a steel beam in order to paint the bottom of the beam. The beam was set on saw horses. The employee clamped on the beam. The beam fell off the saw horses and landed on the employee's legs. The employee got pinned between the beam and a trailer that was behind him, where beams would be loaded after painting. The employee suffered two broken bones in their left leg below the knee and one broken bone in their right leg.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Multiple lower extremities locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1577688

Oct 16, 2021 · Paragon Industries, Inc. Amputation

Maintenance was being performed on a production line. An employee grabbed a belt on a motor pulley system with his left hand. The pulley system pulled in his hand, causing partial amputations to the little finger, ring finger, and thumb.

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

Aug 10, 2021 · Manhattan Construction Company Hospitalized

An employee was putting a bridge beam in place. When the beam struck the pier, the employee who was holding a 4 x 4 to cushion the beam was knocked off the pier and fell over 40 feet to the ground, resulting in two broken arms and a fractured back that left the employee paralyzed from the waist down. The employee's harness was not connected at the time.

Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction · OSHA inspection 1546739

Jul 21, 2021 · Ardagh Glass Inc. Amputation

An employee was assisting with staging a conveyor to install a new conveyor belt. As the new conveyor belt roll was being lowered to a stand, the employee was removing the roll straps. The straps amputated the employee's left index and middle fingers to the first digit.

Contact with objects and equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jan 8, 2021 · Real Alloy Recycling INC Hospitalized

On January 8, 2021, an employee tripped and fell. His left hand and forearm entered a tube of molten aluminum as he braced himself. He was hospitalized, having suffered second- and third-degree burns on his forearm and wrist.

Fall onto or against object on same level (other) · Wrist(s) and arm(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jan 17, 2020 · Paragon Industries Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was in a pipe rack area. A pipe rolled and struck him in the back of the head. It pushed his head into another pipe, which crushed his face. He suffered fractures to the jaw bone, left eye socket, and facial bones, as well as a slight skull injury.

Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Multiple face locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1463604

Dec 20, 2019 · Paragon Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was driving an ATV to check Christmas light displays when the ATV tipped over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized.

Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing

Aug 4, 2018 · BIOS CORPORATION Hospitalized

An employee was retrieving clothing to help a client get dressed when she tripped over some loose carpet and fell. She struck the right side of her face on the dresser as she fell to the floor onto her right side. The employee sustained contusions and a concussion and acute right shoulder and knee injuries.

Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Brain · Health care and social assistance

Oct 17, 2017 · Paragon Industries, Inc. Amputation

An employee was on a roller conveyor attempting to replace a chain on a sprocket to get a pipe to move. Another pipe was placed on the conveyor, causing the sprocket to move. Both of the employee's hands were then caught in the sprocket, amputating the left index finger at the first knuckle and the left middle fingertip.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1275365

Sep 22, 2017 · PARAGON INDUSTRIES, INC. Hospitalized

A 9-inch joint of pipe was stuck crossways on top of the kicker and the conveyor system between the pipe threading machine and the coupling area. The injured employee was assisting another employee in clearing the jam and was struck by the pneumatic kicker that kicks the pipe up onto the conveyor. The employee suffered multiple rib fractures on the left side and a possible hernia.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Mar 19, 2017 · J & G STEEL CORPORATION Hospitalized

An employee was inserting a 5" pipe into a large section of duct work. He needed a come-a-long that was at the other end of the pipe. He climbed onto the pipe and started walking on the pipe to reach the come-a-long. When he reach a flange, he stepped over it and then fell approximately 6' to the floor. The employee sustained bruised ribs, a bulging disc and a grade two kidney tear.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1219261

Feb 23, 2017 · Paragon Industries, Inc. Amputation

Employees were attempting to tow a stuck vehicle. The quick connect on the loader engaged and the injured employee's left hand was struck by a hydraulic pin resulting in the partial amputation of two fingers.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 27, 2017 · Steel Country Threaders Hospitalized

An employee was installing a cooling tower over a pit when he fell approximately 12 feet into the pit, suffering bruising. Fall protection was not worn at the time.

Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Nonclassifiable · Mining, oil and gas

Dec 14, 2015 · Ardagh Glass Inc. Amputation

An employee was changing a link in a chain on a set of rollers when a pallet of finished product was pushed onto the roller set being worked on. This caused the sprocket to move on the chain, pulling the employee's left index finger in and amputating it to the middle knuckle.

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

Nov 12, 2015 · XPO Logistics Hospitalized

An employee was hooking a trailer when he felt something pop in his back. He experienced numbness and paralysis from the chest down, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Transportation and warehousing

Feb 25, 2015 · J&G Steel Corporation Amputation

Employee was cutting a 2-inch by 6-inch piece of metal when his right index finger got caught in the shear. Employee's right index finger was surgically amputated from the first knuckle.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1046034