Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-07 | Waltham | Ma | Verizon New England | Leg(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee fractured a leg while walking into the building. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Waltham | Ma | MIG CORPORATION | Multiple trunk locations | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A trailer was being loaded with crane mats and precast concrete barriers. An employee was caught between the crane mats and an excavator and suffered bruising to the hips and buttocks. | |||||
2020-04-08 | Waltham | Massachusett | Heavy Foot, L.L.C. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
While moving furniture, two employee's fell from the second-floor balcony to the ground level when the railing gave way. The employee's were hospitalized with trauma to the back, head and face. | |||||
2018-05-31 | Waltham | Massachusett | COSTCO | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
After stocking shelves, an employee stepped down from a step stool and missed the last step, causing him to fall and break his hip. | |||||
2017-01-11 | Waltham | Massachusett | QINETIQ North America | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a wet/icy ramp and fell fracturing their pelvis. | |||||
2015-12-08 | Waltham | Massachusett | U.S. Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was moving a tray to a container when the interlocked gate came down unexpectedly and partially amputated the employee's right middle finger. | |||||
2015-09-03 | Waltham | Massachusett | Sodexo, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was preparing rice for the Brandeis University catering service. When the rice was finished cooking, the employee pulled the hotel pan out of the cooker. The residual water left over from the cooking process splashed out of the pan and onto the employee's lower right arm, causing second degree burns. | |||||
2015-03-21 | Waltham | Massachusett | Cosco | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee tripped and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-03-17 | Altha | Florida | Oglesby Plants International, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
A maintenance employee working from a 10-foot extension ladder was putting clips on the shade cloth. The ladder shifted, and the employee and ladder fell. The employee hit the transport rail (rollers), broke five ribs, and lacerated his lung. |