Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-19 | Brockton | Ma | STOP & SHOP | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A freezer door handle caused an amputation to an employee's fingertip. | |||||
2021-04-23 | Brockton | Ma | Copeland Toyota | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was removing a bearing from a joint using a hydraulic press. The knuckle slipped from the press and struck the employee in the arm, breaking it. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Brockton | Ma | CHAMPION CITY RECOVERY, LLC | Jaw, chin | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was removing an excavator's grapple arm pin with a hammer and a steel bar. The bar struck the employee's jaw, knocking the employee unconscious and causing an injury that required surgery. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Brockton | Ma | Father Bill's and Mainspring House | Head and trunk | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was attending to a client in a facility. A tenant at the facility struck the employee on the head, face, and body, causing contusions and bruising to the head and the body. | |||||
2020-09-11 | Brockton | Ma | FedEx Ground | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was injured on September 11, 2020, while pushing down on the support arm of an unloading device while a second employee was cranking it up. The injured employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Brockton | Ma | Allied Waste Services of MA, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was on a 10-foot A-frame portable step ladder positioned in front of a forklift. The forklift mast moved forward and knocked the employee off the ladder. He fell to the floor about 7 to 8 feet below, suffering a broken ankle (which required surgery) and an elbow injury. | |||||
2020-08-01 | Brockton | Ma | Good Samaritan Medical Center IPA, Inc. | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell while walking down a flight of stairs, landing on the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a broken arm. | |||||
2020-05-26 | Brockton | Massachusett | O'NEILL MASONRY, INC. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell to the ground while erecting scaffolding, suffering ankle and wrist fractures that required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Brockton | Massachusett | Hart Engineering Corporation | Upper and lower limb(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell about 5 feet off an 8-foot step ladder to the ground while putting up fiberglass panels, fracturing an ankle and wrist. | |||||
2020-03-31 | Brockton | Massachusett | VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was moving a chair from the bed of a pickup truck to a loading dock. He stepped into a gap between the tailgate and the loading dock and fell into the truck bed. His right leg was trapped in the gap and broken. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-01-20 | Brockton | Massachusett | Good Samaritan Hospital | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot while cleaning her car and sustained a fractured tibia and ankle. | |||||
2018-09-24 | Brockton | Massachusett | T. F Kinnealey | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating the meat cubing machine when their glove was caught in the roller blades resulting in surgical amputation of the hand. | |||||
2018-08-31 | Brockton | Massachusett | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was delivering packages along his truck route when he became dehydrated due to the hot weather, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-25 | Brockton | Massachusett | Good Sumaritan Hospital | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was getting up from her chair when her foot got caught in the wires under the desk and she fell, fracturing the left hip. | |||||
2015-06-08 | Brockton | Massachusett | ROBELL, INC. | Face | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a rescue saw to cut a granite curb when it kicked back, hitting him in the face. | |||||
2015-05-26 | Brockton | Massachusett | ECO RECYCLING SYSTEMS, INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
An employee was standing at a forklift removing the propane tank when a front-end loader backed into him. His hip and back were crushed and he was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-12 | New Brockton | Alabama | D&S Logging, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Slip on vehicle without fall-nontransport |
An employee was on a loader step to take out a ticket from the loader operator. He lost his balance when he was stepping down and hit the frame of the loader, injuring his neck. | |||||
2015-03-23 | Brockton | Massachusett | Interstate Electrical Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee suffered possible broken bones and a partial amputation of the left long finger while attempting to move a steel grate. | |||||
2015-03-19 | Brockton | Massachusett | United Parcel Service | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was hospitalized overnight after slipping and hurting their back. | |||||
2015-01-28 | Brockton | Massachusett | Comcast | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
Employee fell off an eight and a half foot ladder and broke a shoulder. |