Forklift accidents in Colorado, 2015–2025

In 2024, forklift accidents in Colorado eased to 6 severe injury reports, according to OSHA Severe Injury Reports data.

OSHA Severe Injury Reports · SIR.FORKLIFT.TOTAL · severe injury reports

  • 8
  • 10
  • 17
  • 11
  • 21
  • 21
  • 14
  • 6
  • 9
  • 6
  • 6
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025*

This page is part of the Colorado state hub. For this topic a lower value is the better outcome, so rank 1 marks the lowest reading. Latest-value rank: #2 of 2 in the West group, #3 of 21 overall. Every figure below is computed from a committed source snapshot.

Full series and statistics

Forklift accidents in Colorado, 2015–2025 (severe injury reports)
Year Severe injury reports Change on year Note
2015 8 n/a
2016 10 +2
2017 17 +7
2018 11 −6
2019 21 +10 Peak in series
2020 21 0
2021 14 −7
2022 6 −8 Lowest in series
2023 9 +3
2024 6 −3 Latest observation
2025 6 0

Key statistics

  • Latest value (2024) 6 severe injury reports Forklift accidents in Colorado as of 2024, the most recent observation in OSHA Severe Injury Reports data.
  • Change since 2019 −71.4% Colorado moved from 21 severe injury reports (2019) to 6 severe injury reports (2024).
  • CAGR 2019–2024 −22.2% per year Compound annual rate implied by Colorado's move from 21 severe injury reports in 2019 to 6 severe injury reports in 2024.
  • Peak value (2019) 21 severe injury reports Colorado's series high of 21 severe injury reports came in 2019; the latest value is 6 severe injury reports.
  • Lowest value (2022) 6 severe injury reports Colorado's series low of 6 severe injury reports came in 2022; the latest value is 6 severe injury reports.
  • Rank in West group #2 of 2 Colorado ranks 2 of 2 states in the West group on latest forklift accidents. Because lower is better on this measure, the ordering runs ascending.
  • Overall rank #3 of 21 Overall standing for Colorado on forklift accidents: #3 of 21, by each state's latest value. Because lower is better on this measure, the ordering runs ascending.

FAQs

Where does Colorado rank on forklift accidents?
On the latest OSHA Severe Injury Reports forklift accidents values, Colorado places #3 of 21 overall (#2 of 2 in the West group). Because lower is better on this measure, the ordering runs ascending.
Where does the forklift accidents data for Colorado come from?
From the OSHA Severe Injury Reports (series SIR.FORKLIFT.TOTAL). The latest observation for Colorado is from 2024; the snapshot was retrieved on 2026-08-21.

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports , series SIR.FORKLIFT.TOTAL. Snapshot retrieved August 21, 2026. Licence: U.S. public domain (OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor severe injury reporting data). 2025 is a partial year: this dataset runs to November 30, 2025, so that year covers fewer months than the ones before it. It is charted for continuity but is excluded from the latest figure, the ranks, and every change and trend on this page, which all use 2024, the last complete year. Bar height is each year as a share of the tallest year in this series, the last bar is the latest observation, and change on year is the difference from the preceding observation. See the methodology for coverage and the derivation pipeline.

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