OSHA Accident & Injury Intelligence

Search OSHA workplace accident investigations with incident narratives, injury demographics, fall data, chemical exposures, emphasis programs, and risk scoring.

What does this actor do?

This actor searches the DOL (Department of Labor) OSHA accident investigation database and joins up to 7 related datasets to build comprehensive accident case records:

1. Accident cases — Core investigation data: employer, location, date, event type, fatality/hospitalization/amputation flags
2. Accident abstracts — Full narrative text describing what happened in each incident
3. Accident injuries — Individual injury records with demographics (age, sex), occupation, nature of injury, body part, source of injury, fall distances
4. Related activities — Connected inspection activities for the same employer/site
5. Emphasis codes — Active OSHA emphasis programs (e.g., Falls, Trenching, PSM Chemical Facilities)
6. Violation general duty standard — Section 5(a)(1) citations for novel hazards with no specific standard

Each accident case is enriched with a risk score (0–100+) based on fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, mass casualties, fall heights, emphasis programs, general duty citations, and minor workers.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
apiKey	string	DOL API key (free at https://dataportal.dol.gov/registration)
dryRun	boolean	Return sample data without API calls (default: true unless apiKey provided)
companyName	string	Search by employer name (partial match)
state	string	Two-letter state abbreviation
city	string	Search by city name (partial match)
naicsCode	string	NAICS industry code prefix (e.g., "23" for construction)
dateFrom	string	Filter from date (YYYY-MM-DD)
dateTo	string	Filter to date (YYYY-MM-DD)
fatalitiesOnly	boolean	Only cases with fatalities
hospitalizationsOnly	boolean	Only cases with hospitalizations
keyword	string	Event keyword: Fall, Chemical, Struck, Caught, Electrocution, etc.
includeNarratives	boolean	Join narrative text (default: true)
includeInjuryDetails	boolean	Join detailed injury records (default: true)
includeRelatedInspections	boolean	Join related inspections, emphasis, and general duty (default: false)
maxResults	integer	Max accident cases (1–5000, default: 100)
maxInjuriesPerAccident	integer	Max injury records per case (1–200, default: 50)

Output format

Each record includes:

{
    "summaryNumber": "202451234",
    "eventDate": "2024-09-15",
    "eventDescription": "Employee fell from scaffolding",
    "eventKeyword": "Fall",
    "employerName": "SUMMIT CONSTRUCTION LLC",
    "siteCity": "HOUSTON",
    "siteState": "TX",
    "naicsCode": "236220",
    "isFatality": true,
    "numberOfFatalities": 1,
    "numberOfHospitalizations": 0,
    "numberOfInjuries": 1,
    "narrative": "At approximately 10:30 AM, an employee was working on a scaffold...",
    "injuries": [
        {
            "age": 34,
            "sex": "M",
            "degreeOfInjury": "1",
            "degreeDescription": "Fatality",
            "natureOfInjury": "Fractures",
            "partOfBody": "Head",
            "sourceOfInjury": "Floor, ground surfaces",
            "eventType": "Fall to lower level",
            "fallHeight": 35,
            "occupation": "Construction laborer"
        }
    ],
    "injurySummary": {
        "total": 1,
        "fatalities": 1,
        "averageAge": 34,
        "maleCount": 1,
        "topNatureOfInjury": "Fractures",
        "fallRelated": 1
    },
    "emphasisPrograms": [
        { "programType": "N", "programValue": "Falls" }
    ],
    "riskScore": 70,
    "riskLevel": "High",
    "riskFactors": [
        "1 fatality(ies) (+40)",
        "Fall from 35+ feet (+15)",
        "1 emphasis program(s) active (+5)"
    ]
}

Risk scoring

Each accident case receives a composite risk score:

Factor	Points
Fatality	+40 per fatality
Hospitalization	+15 each (max 60)
Amputation	+25
Multiple injuries (2–5)	+10
Mass casualty (6+)	+20
Fall from >20 feet	+15
Fall-related injury	+8
Emphasis program active	+5 each (max 15)
General duty (5a1) citation	+10
Minor worker (<18)	+20

Risk levels: Critical (80+), High (50–79), Medium (25–49), Low (<25)

Use cases

• Safety consultants: Analyze accident patterns by industry, location, and event type
• Insurance underwriters: Assess workplace risk profiles for employers and industries
• Legal researchers: Find accident investigations with narratives for litigation research
• Compliance teams: Monitor industry peers for accident trends and emphasis programs
• EHS professionals: Benchmark safety performance against industry data
• Journalists: Investigate workplace safety patterns and mass casualty events
• Supply chain risk: Screen suppliers and contractors for workplace safety records

API key

This actor uses the DOL Open Data Portal API. Register for a free key at https://dataportal.dol.gov/registration

Without an API key, the actor returns realistic sample data in dry run mode.

Data sources

All data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA public datasets:

• OSHA/accident — Accident investigation cases
• OSHA/accident_abstract — Investigation narrative text
• OSHA/accident_injury — Individual injury records with demographics
• OSHA/related_activity — Connected inspection activities
• OSHA/emphasis_codes — Emphasis program designations
• OSHA/violation_gen_duty_std — General duty standard citations