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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2020 | BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY | QUINCY, Massachusetts | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Bruises, contusions | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Feb 12, 2020 | J F WHITE CONTRACTING COMPANY | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 11, 2020 | Tender Greens | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Feb 7, 2020 | VPNE Parking Solutions, Inc. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Shooting by other person-unintentional | Gunshot wounds | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2020 | THE MAY INSTITUTE | HOLBROOK, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 5, 2020 | General Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Farren Care Center | TURNERS FALLS, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 27, 2020 | Lenox Valley WTF LLC | LENOX, Massachusetts | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 27, 2020 | Dianne's Fine Desserts, Inc. | NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Whole Foods | SOUTH WEYMOUTH, Massachusetts | Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified | Strains | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Howard Products, Incorporated | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2020 | EBSCO Infomation Services | IPSWICH, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Verizon | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 22, 2020 | Kiessling Transit | BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts | Nonclassifiable | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 22, 2020 | EASTWARD COMPANIES BUSINESS TRUST | CHATHAM, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Hand(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jan 21, 2020 | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Gordon Food Service, Inc | TAUNTON, Massachusetts | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Crushing injuries | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 16, 2020 | The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. | SOUTH DEERFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. | SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts | Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 14, 2020 | United Parcel Service, Inc. | LYNNFIELD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 9, 2020 | SACRED HEART HOME | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 6, 2020 | Dexter Southfield | BROOKLINE, Massachusetts | Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified | Amputations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 6, 2020 | Nizhonil Health | SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Cuts, lacerations | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 2, 2020 | FRITO-LAY, INC. | LUNENBURG, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 1, 2020 | AAA | WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2019 | GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. | LAWRENCE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2019 | BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC. | GREENFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2019 | Fidelity Investments | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2019 | The Middlesex Corporation | SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 20, 2019 | National Vinyl, LLC | CHICOPEE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 20, 2019 | C & C NORTH AMERICA, INC. | BRIMFIELD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Dislocation of joints | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 19, 2019 | Maloney Properties Inc. | WELLESLEY, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 14, 2019 | United States Post Office | WAREHAM, Massachusetts | Nonclassifiable | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 14, 2019 | INTEPLAST GROUP, LIMITED | N DIGHTON, Massachusetts | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Avulsions, enucleations | Scalp | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2019 | CEDARS MEDITERRANEAN FOODS INC | HAVERHILL, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 13, 2019 | Schneider Electric | FOXBORO, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 12, 2019 | Norton Country Club | NORTON, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Marguerite Concrete | EAST BOSTON, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 11, 2019 | Health New England, Inc | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Fastenal Company | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 10, 2019 | Williams College | WILLIAMSTOWN, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet | Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2019 | T. J. Maxx, Inc. | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 4, 2019 | Beaumont Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center | NORTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 4, 2019 | BARLETTA HEAVY DIVISION, INCORPORATED | MEDFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 4, 2019 | ALDRICH CLEAN-TECH EQUIPMENT CORP. | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 3, 2019 | Thomas Wilson Enterprises, Inc. | EAST LONGMEADOW, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 25, 2019 | MICROGROUP, INC. | MEDWAY, Massachusetts | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 24, 2019 | Target | HANOVER, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 24, 2019 | BJ's Wholesale Club #055 | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 21, 2019 | EMPIRE STAFFING, INC. | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | 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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