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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2019 | Tri Wire | BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. | Fractures | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Oct 22, 2019 | Peters Greek Kitchen | WALTHAM, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Lauring Construction Co., Inc. | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Castle Tree Service Materas | ORANGE, Massachusetts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2019 | SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. | SOUTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Boston College | CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Colucci Trucking, LLC | HOLYOKE, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 16, 2019 | Skanska | CHELSEA, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Nonclassifiable | Amputation |
| Oct 16, 2019 | Core-Mark Midcontinent, Inc. | WHITINSVILLE, Massachusetts | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Bonner Sheet Metal Corp. | WESTFIELD, Massachusetts | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Turner Steel Company, Inc. | WEST BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Massachusetts General Hospital | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 10, 2019 | National Grid | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2019 | Tri-State Printing, LLC | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 7, 2019 | SULLIVAN TIRE CO., INC. | TAUNTON, Massachusetts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 3, 2019 | Blue Harvest Fisheries, LLC | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Oct 3, 2019 | PRO CON INCORPORATED | WATERTOWN, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Oct 2, 2019 | STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Red Thread Spaces | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Struck against object or equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 30, 2019 | DIVERSIFIED AUTO INC. | CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Concussions | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Group, LLC | LAWRENCE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 30, 2019 | RAYTHEON | ANDOVER, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Maloney Properties, Inc. | BRADFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Cape Cod Ready Mix, Inc. | SOUTH DENNIS, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 29, 2019 | Banfield Pet Hospital | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 28, 2019 | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | ABINGTON, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 26, 2019 | The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC | ASSONET, Massachusetts | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 25, 2019 | Charles A. McGlew & Sons, Inc. | HAVERHILL, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2019 | NORTHEAST SECURITY, INC. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Sep 24, 2019 | Tufts University | MEDFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 23, 2019 | MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS | JAMAICA PLAIN, Massachusetts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 17, 2019 | ACCORD STEEL AND PRECAST ERECTORS, INC. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet | Fractures and other injuries, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Sep 16, 2019 | SAIA Motor Freight Line LLC | WRENTHAM, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 12, 2019 | ACUSHNET COMPANY | N DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Harvard University | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Entegris, Inc. | BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Channel Fish Processing Co., Inc. | BRAINTREE, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Channel Fish Processing Incorporated | BRAINTREE, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 5, 2019 | Hampden Fence Supply, Inc. | AGAWAM, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Noyes Sheet Metal, Inc. | MILFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 3, 2019 | MIT | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Target | WAREHAM, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Target | WAREHAM, Massachusetts | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 26, 2019 | Big Y Foods, Inc. | FRANKLIN, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 22, 2019 | CAPE COD POTATO CHIPS | HYANNIS, Massachusetts | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 22, 2019 | Verizon | DANVERS, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2019 | Tower School | MARBLEHEAD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Jaw, chin | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2019 | ACCORD STEEL AND PRECAST ERECTORS, INC. | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 15, 2019 | CLARIANT PLASTICS & COATINGS USA INC. | HOLDEN, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 11, 2019 | EasyPak, LLC | LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Crushing injuries | Arm(s), unspecified | 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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