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2,314 OSHA severe injury reports in MASSACHUSETTS.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,314 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 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 |
| Nov 19, 2019 | Red Robin International, Inc | WOBURN, Massachusetts | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 18, 2019 | Southwest Airlines | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 12, 2019 | Community Healthlink, Inc. | GARDNER, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2019 | Thomas Wood Landscaping | NEEDHAM, Massachusetts | Pedestrian vehicular incident, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 8, 2019 | Blue Tarp Redevelopment, LLC | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2019 | East Coast Staffing Solutions | FALL RIVER, Massachusetts | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Prolerized New England Company LLC | EVERETT, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2019 | The Stop & Shop Companies | BASS RIVER, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2019 | CVS | N ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2019 | C. C. CONSTRUCTION, INC. | CHATHAM, Massachusetts | Excavation or trenching cave-in | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Abbott Laboratories | WESTFORD, Massachusetts | Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 31, 2019 | CVS Health | HINGHAM, Massachusetts | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Oct 28, 2019 | BJ's Wholesale Club | N DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Oct 26, 2019 | Savvy Staffing Solutions, LLC | WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Marshalls | SAUGUS, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 24, 2019 | Hi-De Liners, Inc. | ORANGE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 24, 2019 | VPNE Parking Solutions, LLC | NEWTON, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Trelleborg Coated Systems US, Inc. | MONSON, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Forearm(s) | 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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