Severe Workplace Injuries in York, Pennsylvania
Employers in York reported 263 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through October 2025: 209 workers hospitalized and 68 amputations (26% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 72 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in York since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 495 inspections at York workplaces, and 285 of them (58%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 557 serious, 7 willful and 19 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $2,858,187.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Ream Roofing Associates, LLC (referral, details) | 1 | $4,052 |
| Amz Manufacturing Corporation (complaint, details) | 2 | $7,500 |
| York Imperial Plastics, Incorporated (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,220 |
| Altium Packaging LP (referral, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $25,000 |
| Apx - York Sheet Metal, Incorporated (complaint, details) | 5 (1 serious+) | $8,400 |
| Henkels & Mccoy, Inc. (complaint, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $35,466 |
| Pennsylvania Steel Company, Inc. (complaint, details) | 3 (1 serious+) | $16,000 |
| Pennsylvania Steel Company, Inc. (complaint, details) | 9 (2 serious+) | $32,000 |
| Magnesita Refractories Company (referral, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $14,187 |
| Baltimore Fabrication LLC (planned, details) | 1 | $6,431 |
| Multi-Color Corporation (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $14,187 |
| D. F. Stauffer Biscuit Co. (referral, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $6,000 |
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 30 newest severe injury reports from York employers, as OSHA published them.
Oct 16, 2025 · M&M Quality Solutions Hospitalized
An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Transportation and warehousing
Sep 3, 2025 · Weis Markets Hospitalized
An employee was stocking a top shelf from a two-step ladder. The employee stepped back, then fell backward to the floor and suffered a broken hip.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Aug 28, 2025 · Wolfgang Operations LLC Hospitalized
An employee was carrying bags of coconut to load into a machine. While holding empty bags, the employee slipped on the two-step stairway leading to the machine, which was slick with coconut oil. The employee fell, landed on the stairs on their side, and suffered three broken ribs and a pneumothorax.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Multiple internal chest locations · Manufacturing
Aug 26, 2025 · Kinsley Steel, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was stepping out of a powered industrial truck (PIT) when they lost balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Pelvis · Construction
Aug 20, 2025 · Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was servicing an automated guided cart, reported to have a hydraulic leak. The cart was on a lift about 6 feet off the ground. The employee reached under the raised platform and disconnected the hydraulic line, at which point the unit came down on their left hand and right index and middle fingers. They suffered a dislocation to the left wrist and lacerations to the right index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s) and wrist(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1846851
Jul 24, 2025 · Tires Plus Amputation
On July 24, 2025, an employee was operating a tire machine in order to change a tire when his right index finger got caught in the machine, resulting in a laceration and partial fingertip amputation through the phalanx.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Retail
Jul 10, 2025 · Rise Baking Company, LLC Amputation
An employee was working near a conveyor when his left middle finger was caught in the conveyor. The employee required surgery and their finger was partially amputated.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
May 30, 2025 · Johnson Controls Navy Systems, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was cutting the banding on pallets with a knife. The knife slipped and lacerated his right arm.
Injured by object held or wielded by person · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
May 21, 2025 · K&D Factory Service Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was looking for a part in the back of their work van. Their foot landed on an uneven surface, and the employee shifted their weight backward and changed direction, resulting in a sprained right ankle. A metal pin protruding from the lid of a storage container also punctured their right ankle, resulting in a bacterial infection.
Walking, without other incident · Ankle(s) · Other services
May 19, 2025 · Meiji America, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was using an air hose to blow built-up dough off the rollers under the cutting apron on a conveyor belt line. The air stopped working and they went to manually remove the dough when their right hand was pulled into the pinch point between the apron and roller. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their right forearm that required surgery.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1827106
Apr 9, 2025 · Wolf Logistics Hospitalized
An employee was loading pallets into the back of a box truck. The employee fell off the truck and struck their head on the ground, suffering a brain bleed.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Brain · Transportation and warehousing
Mar 26, 2025 · WellSpan York Hospital Hospitalized
An employee tripped over a curb while leaving the building and fell resulting in a fractured lower leg.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Lower leg(s) · Health care and social assistance
Mar 10, 2025 · Precision Custom Components, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was cleaning pans containing adhesive by pouring acetone into the pans. After soaking, the employee used a plastic spatula to scrape the paint from the pan. During scraping, a fire spontaneously started underneath the employee near the pan. The employee threw the container of acetone out of the way to avoid it catching on fire, and spilled acetone onto his clothing, causing the fire to spread. The employee suffered burns to both hands and the right calf.
Flash fire · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1812361
Mar 7, 2025 · Joe Darrah, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee freed jammed material from the conveyor of a material separator when their right arm got caught in the conveyor, resulting in fractures to the upper and lower arm.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Multiple arm locations · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1809639
Jan 12, 2025 · WALMART Hospitalized
An employee tripped while walking in a store, fell, and suffered a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Jan 6, 2025 · Johnson Controls Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was manually adjusting a wooden pallet when he lost his balance and fell to the floor. The pallet fell on the employee's abdomen and they were hospitalized with internal bleeding.
Struck by falling object · Abdomen · Manufacturing
Dec 19, 2024 · ID Technology, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was unloading material stored in a crate in the bed of his pickup truck. He was repositioning the crate and pulling on it when the screws securing the wooden component failed, causing it to detach. The employee lost his balance and fell from the truck bed to the concrete. The employee sustained a hip fracture.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing
Nov 3, 2024 · Magnesita Refractories Amputation
An employee was resetting the robot at the control panel after a light curtain fault when their hand struck the control panel. This created a gap that his finger became caught in. When he removed his hand, he sustained a soft tissue amputation to his left little finger.
Intentional self-harm (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
Oct 22, 2024 · Total Maintenance Solutions, Inc. Amputation
An employee was doing preventative maintenance on a paint palletizer. The employee had locked out the palletizer electrically and pneumatically. When the employee went to remove the drive chain, the pallet lowered due to gravity, resulting in the amputation of his right middle fingertip at the nail bed.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Other services · OSHA inspection 1785634
Oct 21, 2024 · Progressive Services, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was climbing an extension ladder to access a roof. The employee's foot caught in a ladder rung and the employee fell to the ground about 20-25 feet below. The employee suffered a dislocated hip and chipped vertebrae.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Trunk and other lower extremities · Construction · OSHA inspection 1786408
Sep 23, 2024 · Veterinary Innovative Partners Hospitalized
An employee was performing a routine examination of a cat when the cat bit the employee's left hand. The employee was hospitalized.
Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" · Hand(s), finger(s) · Professional and technical services
Aug 30, 2024 · Protech Powder Coatings Inc. Amputation
An employee was clearing accumulated material from a cryogenic mill when their right hand contacted the blades at the point of operation and they sustained amputations of their index, middle, and ring fingers.
Struck by running powered equipment · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1776316
Aug 22, 2024 · Kinsley Steel, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was operating a scissor lift when it collided with a gantry crane, causing the lift to tip over. The employee fell to the ground and sustained an injured pelvis.
Nonroadway collision with object or animal in path of travel · Pelvis · Construction
Aug 1, 2024 · Wolfgang Operations LLC Amputation
An employee was performing maintenance on a cake decorating line when his glove became caught in the wire mesh conveyor and it pulled his right thumb into the rotating parts of the chocolate feeder tube. The employee sustained an avulsion with a partial amputation of the thumb.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Thumb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1767339
Jul 17, 2024 · Heidler Roofing Services, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was working on a roof when he began to feel ill, resulting in hospitalization due to heat exhaustion.
Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Construction
Jun 6, 2024 · Aurora Parts & Accessories, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was moving a metal crate of unstable product on a rack so that it could be removed, when the crate became dislodged and fell. The crate struck his left ankle and his lower leg was fractured.
Struck by other falling object (other) · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade
May 30, 2024 · Air Dynamics Industrial Systems Corporation Amputation
An employee was reversing a forklift while the welding table was on the forks. The welding table struck storage racks and was caught. When the employee went to free the table, it flipped upside down off the forks. The employee then lifted the table with the forklift again and exited the forklift to adjust the table manually. The table slipped and crushed the employee's right hand, amputating the middle finger between the first and second joint from the tip.
Injured by object held or wielded by person · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing
May 13, 2024 · Amazon.com, Inc. Amputation
An employee was aligning an extendable conveyor with a dock when they suffered a partial fingertip amputation of their right ring finger.
Injured by object handled by person (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Apr 24, 2024 · Meiji America, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was retrieving a pen that fell under a cross conveyor when her right arm became entrapped between the conveyor belt and the underside drive roller. Her forearm was fractured.
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 1, 2024 · BAE Systems Hospitalized
An employee was walking when his foot caught residual adhesive from floor tape and he tripped and fell to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured right hip.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing
After a workplace injury in Pennsylvania
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 York
Lawbamba lists 7 workers compensation lawyers with an office in York, Pennsylvania, 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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