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2,265 OSHA severe injury reports in MASSACHUSETTS.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2022 | Veterans Health Administration, Bedford Health Care System | BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Bruises, contusions | Scalp | Hospitalized |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Sandor Nemes | FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2022 | E.L. Harvey and Sons, Inc. | WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Nonclassifiable | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 21, 2022 | BJ's Wholesale Club | N DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2022 | UPS | SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 19, 2022 | JLC Construction Co. Inc. | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Crocker Architectural Sheet Metal Co., Inc. | GROTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2022 | A. Duquette & Son, Inc. | WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Heel(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 12, 2022 | Puritan Maintenance Co Inc. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Stepped on object | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 11, 2022 | BOND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, INC. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Cambridge Brands Inc. | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | NORTON, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 6, 2022 | HAMPTON FARMS | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Integrated Technical Systems, Inc. | WESTFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jan 3, 2022 | J.F. White Contracting Company | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2021 | Whole Foods Market | BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over self | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Dec 20, 2021 | NIVELOS FATHER AND SON INC | WALTHAM, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Dec 18, 2021 | UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 18, 2021 | K&W Materials and Recycling, LLC | WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 17, 2021 | NORTH ATLANTIC CORPORATION | SOMERSET, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Greif Inc | CHICOPEE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Avulsions, enucleations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2021 | True North Seafood Company | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Solutia Inc. | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2021 | YRC, Inc. | WESTFIELD, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Cox Engineering Company | RANDOLPH, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Lighthouse Masonry, Inc. | MILLBURY, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Quality Insulation of Eastern Connecticut | MILLIS, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures and dislocations | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Sterling Concrete, Corp. | NORTH OXFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Savers | N ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Bruises, contusions | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Linden Ponds, Inc. | HINGHAM, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Estes Express Lines | SEEKONK, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2021 | Rise Engineering Corp. | ROCHESTER, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 9, 2021 | New England Wire Products, Inc | LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Estes Express Lines | CHICOPEE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2021 | Price Chopper Inc., The | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2021 | ALVIN HOLLIS & CO., INC. | KINGSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Outerland Holdings, LLC | EAST FALMOUTH, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2021 | American Builders and Contractors Supply Co., Inc. | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 24, 2021 | DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, INC. | HANOVER, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2021 | MBT Construction, Corp. | HANCOCK, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2021 | STI Precast | LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 21, 2021 | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Masis Staffing Solutions LLC | MALDEN, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Head, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 12, 2021 | LB Corp | LEE, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Skull | Hospitalized |
| Oct 11, 2021 | North Shore Fence Corp | BEVERLY, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 7, 2021 | MERRIMAC SPOOL & REEL CO., INC. | HAVERHILL, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Dodge Construction | FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Harvard University | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 3, 2021 | DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. | DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts | Struck against stationary object or equipment, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Boston University | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
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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