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2,265 OSHA severe injury reports in MASSACHUSETTS.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,265 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2024 | Cedar's Mediterranean Foods, Inc. | HAVERHILL, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 30, 2024 | ACUSHNET COMPANY | FAIRHAVEN, Massachusetts | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Bruises, contusions | Buttock(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 30, 2024 | Channel Fish Processing Co., Inc. | BRAINTREE, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Massachusetts General Hospital | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Gourmet Specialty Foods | NORTH ANDOVER, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Action for Boston Community Development, Inc | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 22, 2024 | Webco Chemical Corporation | DUDLEY, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Southcoast Health | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Apr 9, 2024 | B.J.'s Service Company, Inc. | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment unspecified | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Apr 9, 2024 | BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 8, 2024 | DHL | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Ocean State Job Lot | SOUTH YARMOUTH, Massachusetts | Contact incidents unspecified | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Apr 4, 2024 | John W. Field Tree Service, Inc. | NEW MARLBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Back lumbar region | Hospitalized |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Demoulas Supermarkets Inc | SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC | TAUNTON, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Mar 22, 2024 | AVS, INCORPORATED | AYER, Massachusetts | Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift | Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Mar 21, 2024 | ATLAS DRILLING LLC | BUZZARDS BAY, Massachusetts | Struck by discharged object or substance | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Other multiple ear(s), facial locations | Hospitalized |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Holyhood Cemetery | WEST ROXBURY, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Leg(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Brittany Global Technologies | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment unspecified | Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Mar 11, 2024 | American Steel and Aluminum, LLC | AUBURN, Massachusetts | Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified | Fractures | Multiple lower extremities locations n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Foundation Building Materials | WHATELY, Massachusetts | Fall to lower level unspecified | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Mar 4, 2024 | WHITE CAP, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | STOUGHTON, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Mar 1, 2024 | BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries | Arm(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Berkshire County ARC, Inc. | LEE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Harold Brothers Mechanical Contractors Inc. | WALTHAM, Massachusetts | Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 17, 2024 | The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. | SOUTH DEERFIELD, Massachusetts | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving in same direction | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 16, 2024 | Walmart | WAREHAM, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Chroma Color Corporation | LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts | Overexertion while materials moving by hand | Hernias | Intestines, peritoneum unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2024 | PEP Transportation | METHUEN, Massachusetts | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Multiple trunk locations | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Vinfen | ALLSTON, Massachusetts | Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels | Fractures | Shoulder(s) and wrist(s) | Hospitalized |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Polyfoam, LLC | NORTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Struck by other falling object n.e.c. | Amputations involving bone loss | Foot (feet) and toe(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Feb 1, 2024 | CareOne at Randolph | RANDOLPH, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified | Fractures | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Acushnet Company | LAKEVILLE, Massachusetts | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries | Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 24, 2024 | U.S. Postal Service | GROTON, Massachusetts | Fall on same level unspecified | Spinal cord injuries, paralysis unspecified | Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Catalano Construction, Inc. | FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts | Struck by falling object unspecified | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Wachusett Mountain Associates, Inc. | PRINCETON, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Ross Express LLC | WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Collision with stationary object, nonroadway | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Ears and facial region unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Revelare Kitchens LLC | SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level unspecified | Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified | Head and neck | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Nasoya Foods USA, LLC | AYER, Massachusetts | Contact with hot objects or substances | Thermal burns degree unspecified | Part of body unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2024 | United States Postal Service | FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Fractures | Trunk and other upper extremities | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2024 | New England Fabricated Metals, Inc. | LEOMINSTER, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations involving bone loss | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Big Bunny Market, Inc. | SOUTHBRIDGE, Massachusetts | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Boston Gas Company DBA National Grid | SALEM, Massachusetts | Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation | Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Enterprise Mobility | CHICOPEE, Massachusetts | Fall on same level n.e.c. | Dislocations | Hip joint(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Abbott-Action, Inc. | ATTLEBORO, Massachusetts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 26, 2023 | PRICE CHOPPER OPERATING CO. Of MASSACHUSETTS, INC. | PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts | Fall on same level due to slipping | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 23, 2023 | U.S. Postal Service, Central MA Processing Center | SHREWSBURY, Massachusetts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 16, 2023 | Atkore | NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 15, 2023 | MAGELLAN AEROSPACE, HAVERHILL, INC. | HAVERHILL, Massachusetts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Restaurant Associates | BOSTON, Massachusetts | Injured by object breaking in hand | Cuts, lacerations | 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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