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2,282 OSHA severe injury reports in MASSACHUSETTS.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,282 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2022 | Expressway Motors, Inc. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2022 | Shea Concrete Products, Inc. | AMESBURY, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Harvard University | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Etech, Inc. | WESTWOOD, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2022 | PRIME LAMINATING, INC. | N ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2022 | BILEK BUILDERS, LLC | HARWICH, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2022 | Key Polymer Holdings, LLC | LAWRENCE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Cruz Electric, Inc. | WELLESLEY, Massachusetts | Sitting, sitting down-repetitive or prolonged | Herniated discs | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2022 | UN1F1ED2 Global Packing Group | SUTTON, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2022 | VAUGHN | SALISBURY, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 24, 2022 | UNIVERSAL PLASTICS GROUP INC. | HOLYOKE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2022 | Pride Stores, LLC | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Shooting by other person-intentional | Gunshot wounds | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2022 | DeAngelo Contracting Services | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 20, 2022 | FIBA Technologies, Inc. | MILLBURY, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Second degree electrical burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Southcoast Health | FALL RIVER, Massachusetts | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Cruz Electric, Inc. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode | Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 17, 2022 | New England Treatment Access, LLC | FRANKLIN, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 13, 2022 | EG America, LLC | WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Gorton's, Inc. | GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Intelligrated Systems LLC | WESTFIELD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Bridgewater Farm Supply Co., Inc. | BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Tree Care of New York, LLC | CHARLTON, Massachusetts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Texas Roadhouse | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Capstan Atlantic | WRENTHAM, Massachusetts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2022 | WM RECYCLE AMERICA, L.L.C. | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures and dislocations | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2022 | U.S. Postal Service | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Town Fair Tire Centers of Massachusetts LLC | WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 21, 2022 | AAXIOM CONCRETE SAWING, LLC | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Passenger Productions, Inc. | WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts | Small-scale (limited) fire | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Whipps Inc | ATHOL, Massachusetts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 19, 2022 | Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC | LAWRENCE, Massachusetts | Nonclassifiable | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Open Sky Community Services, Inc. | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Reilly Electrical Contractors, Inc. | WATERTOWN, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Tradesource, Inc. | NORTH ADAMS, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Dell Technologies | HOPKINTON, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2022 | CORT BUSINESS SERVICES CORPORATION | NORWOOD, Massachusetts | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving | Fractures | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2022 | J.S.B. Industries, Inc. | CHELSEA, Massachusetts | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Ludlow Construction Co., Inc. | SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 24, 2022 | Solomon Metals Corporation | LYNN, Massachusetts | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Open wounds, unspecified | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 24, 2022 | Passenger Productions | WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 23, 2022 | LEVANGIE ELECTRIC CO., INC. | HANOVER, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Gordon Food Service, Inc | TAUNTON, Massachusetts | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2022 | EG America | WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Fractures | Heel(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2022 | XP Power | GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2022 | WHEATON COLLEGE | NORTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Covanta Holliston | HOLLISTON, Massachusetts | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway | Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2022 | SmartPak Equine, LLC | PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Massachusetts Electric Company | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 9, 2022 | HIGH POINT TREATMENT CENTER, INC. | PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 6, 2022 | South Shore Concrete Forms | TRURO, Massachusetts | Explosion, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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