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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2017 | Engineered Materials Solutions LLC | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Home For Little Wanderers | PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts | Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Mar 23, 2017 | SUPERIOR CAKE PRODUCTS, INC. | SOUTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Mar 23, 2017 | United States Post Office | REVERE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Stop and Shop Distribution Center | ASSONET, Massachusetts | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway | Crushing injuries | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 21, 2017 | August A. Busch & Co. of Massachusetts, Inc. | WATERTOWN, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Illinios Tool Works | NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Wheelabrator Saugus, Inc. | SAUGUS, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Hampshire Fire Protection Co., LLC | SALEM, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 20, 2017 | Big Lots | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified | Myocardial infarction (heart attack) | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Mar 17, 2017 | U.S. Postal Service | EASTHAMPTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 17, 2017 | SUPERIOR CONTRACTING SERVICES | WALPOLE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Costco Wholesale Corporation | DEDHAM, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2017 | USPS | WOLLASTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2017 | MIT | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2017 | The Charles Stark Draper Labratory, Inc. | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 15, 2017 | North American Industrial Services, Inc. | AGAWAM, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 13, 2017 | Delta Beckwith Elevator Company | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 11, 2017 | MSPCA | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Mar 10, 2017 | BOSTON COLLEGE | CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 10, 2017 | State Electric Corporation | MEDFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 9, 2017 | John E Farmer & Sons Inc. | WESTFORD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Mar 9, 2017 | ASSOCIATED BUILDERS, INC. | SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Mass Mutual Institutional Funds | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 6, 2017 | FEDEX GROUND | NORTHBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Suffolk Construction | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 25, 2017 | EasyPak, LLC | LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Feb 24, 2017 | STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET | SOUTH YARMOUTH, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Feb 18, 2017 | VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE | QUINCY, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures and dislocations | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 17, 2017 | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2017 | Apex Solar Power LLC | BREWSTER, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2017 | The Home Depot | READING, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 15, 2017 | West Shore Metals, LLC | AMHERST, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Feb 14, 2017 | FC Solar, LLC | WESTPORT, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 11, 2017 | U. S. Postal Service | MARION, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Feb 10, 2017 | SDI Interiors Contractor | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Applied Materials | GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Feb 9, 2017 | FOLEY TRANSPORTATION, INC. | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 8, 2017 | STEWARD NORWOOD HOSPITAL, INC. | NORWOOD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Massachusetts General Hospital | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Sudbury Farms/Roche Bros | NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Steward Healthcare Systems, LLC | WESTWOOD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 26, 2017 | BU Medical School | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2017 | Good Sumaritan Hospital | BROCKTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2017 | EAGLE SPRINKLER FIRE PROTECTION, INC | BRIGHTON, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2017 | Interprint, Inc. | PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Avulsions, enucleations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2017 | Jordan's Furniture | READING, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Bernie and Phil's Furniture | NORTON, Massachusetts | Overexertion in lifting-single episode | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2017 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2017 | New England Confectionery Company, Inc. | REVERE, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | 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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