OSHA Accidents by Cause
OSHA has investigated and documented over 165,000 serious workplace accidents. Browse them by what happened — each category filters incident reports whose narratives involve that hazard.
Falls from roofs, ladders, scaffolds, and elevated surfaces — the leading cause of construction deaths.
Contact with overhead power lines, energized equipment, and faulty wiring.
Workers struck by vehicles, falling objects, cranes, or flying debris.
Trench cave-ins, machinery, and being caught in or crushed between objects.
Heat stroke and heat exhaustion from working in extreme indoor or outdoor heat.
Burns, fires, and explosions from flammable materials, gases, and combustible dust.
Suffocation and toxic-atmosphere deaths in tanks, silos, manholes, and other confined spaces.
Assaults, shootings, and other acts of violence against workers on the job.
Work-related infectious-disease exposure, including the COVID-19 era.