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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2015 | Steward Health Care System LLC | FALL RIVER, Massachusetts | Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified | Fractures | Lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Sep 10, 2015 | New Can Company | HOLBROOK, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Sep 8, 2015 | United Parcel Service | WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Sep 7, 2015 | Hillside Plastics, Incorporated | TURNERS FALLS, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Sep 3, 2015 | Sodexo, Inc. | WALTHAM, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Sep 2, 2015 | Schumacher Co., Inc. | HARWICH, Massachusetts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Anchor an Oldcastle Company | OXFORD, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 28, 2015 | JOSEPH T. CAZEAULT & SONS, INC. | DUXBURY, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Allsafe Scaffold | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Markings, Inc. | WILMINGTON, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | W T Terminal, LLC | DEERFIELD, Massachusetts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 24, 2015 | SHAWNLEE CONSTRUCTION, LLC. | QUINCY, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 23, 2015 | Friendly's Ice Cream, LLC | WILBRAHAM, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Daniel O'Connells Sons Inc | MEDWAY, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat stroke | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 20, 2015 | White Skanska Kiewit JV | SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2015 | SolarCity Corporation | AGAWAM, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 12, 2015 | A. SCHULMAN CUSTOM COMPOUNDING NE, INC. | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2015 | Boston Children's Hospital | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 5, 2015 | Coca-Cola Refreshments, Inc. | NEEDHAM, Massachusetts | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. | Intracranial injuries, n.e.c. | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 4, 2015 | G.W. Shaw & Son, Inc. | PEPPERELL, Massachusetts | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle | Amputations | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 3, 2015 | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | MEDFORD, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 30, 2015 | State Electric Corporation | BRIGHTON, Massachusetts | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2015 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE | WATERTOWN, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Au Bon Pain | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Struck against object or equipment while moving it | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 28, 2015 | VCA Animal Hospitals, Inc. | WEST BROOKFIELD, Massachusetts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Colonial Woodworking | MARBLEHEAD, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Steward- St. Elizabeth Hospital | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 24, 2015 | Outback Steak House | , Massachusetts | Nonclassifiable | Amputations | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 24, 2015 | AmeriPride Services, Inc. | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 23, 2015 | Columbia Pictures Industry | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 22, 2015 | NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 21, 2015 | NATIONAL GRID USA | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2015 | United Parcel Service, Inc. | SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat exhaustion, prostration | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2015 | Warner Brothers, LLC | SUNDERLAND, Massachusetts | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c. | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2015 | JORDAN FURNITURE | TAUNTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 19, 2015 | Leachgarner | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 18, 2015 | Lowes Home Centers, LLC | WORCESTER, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 17, 2015 | Alpha Chemical Services, Inc. | STOUGHTON, Massachusetts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 16, 2015 | McCusker Gill Inc | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2015 | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. | PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2015 | NEW POND VILLAGE, LLC | WALPOLE, Massachusetts | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 14, 2015 | HYDE TOOLS, INC. | SOUTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jul 14, 2015 | Fowler's Express Incorporated | LAKEVILLE, Massachusetts | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 11, 2015 | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2015 | MYSTIC SCENIC STUDIOS, INC. | NORWOOD, Massachusetts | Nonclassifiable | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 2, 2015 | Walmart | FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 2, 2015 | GateHouse Media, Inc. | FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 2, 2015 | POLARTEC, LLC | LAWRENCE, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jul 1, 2015 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Leg(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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