Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-18 | Charlestown | Ma | Casella Recycling LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder on a vehicle, landing on the ground and suffering a hip injury. | |||||
2021-03-03 | Charlestown | Ma | Casella Recycling LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was walking along a platform when a drill bit, being used nearby, broke and sent a steel shard into the employee's left eye. The employee suffered a cut retina. | |||||
2020-06-08 | Charlestown | Massachusett | Boston Sand & Gravel Co. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
While jack hammering concrete, an employee slipped and fell 5 feet. | |||||
2018-08-09 | Charlestown | Rhode Island | Cardi Construction Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was helping another employee install bridge beams on a construction site on a hot, humid day when he began to feel dizzy and lightheaded. He then began to experience muscle cramping and vomiting and required hospitalization due to dehydration. | |||||
2018-04-26 | Charlestown | Massachusett | REMINGTON STEEL, INC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was installing metal decking when a sheet moved off its support. He then fell to the next level and broke 5 to 6 ribs. | |||||
2017-08-25 | Charlestown | Massachusett | Casella Recycling LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing the worn paddles of an airlock on a platform. A coworker on a platform 60 feet away jogged an airlock on his platform and inadvertently hit a second button that started the airlock on the employee's platform. The employee's left hand was then amputated between the airlock paddle and a wear bar. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Charlestown | Massachusett | Legal Oysteria | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a knife to cut food when the blade amputated his fingertip. |