Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-25 | Lynnfield | Ma | United Parcel Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee suffered dehydration and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Lynn Haven | Fl | US Postal Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
A mail carrier became dizzy and lightheaded on his route. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related illness. | |||||
2021-07-24 | Lynn | Ma | General Electric Aviation | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was cleaning the contacts of the tie bar inside a 480V switchgear and suffered burns from an arc flash. The employee received third degree burns to his arm and first degree burns to his face. | |||||
2021-04-15 | Lynn | Al | Southern Energy Homes, Inc | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was exiting the top of a manufactured home to a catwalk when they fell from the top of the home onto the rail of the catwalk. The employee suffered a broken right humerus and dislocated his right shoulder. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Lynnfield | Massachusett | UPS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was hospitalized due to heat stress. | |||||
2020-01-21 | Lynn | Arkansas | JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was attempting to loosen a strap that was on a trailer loaded with PVC pipe. As he began to loosen the fourth strap, a bundle of PVC pipes fell and struck him on the head, rendering him unconscious. He sustained multiple fractures to the cervical spine. | |||||
2020-01-14 | Lynnfield | Massachusett | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was sorting boxes on the pre-sort line and attempted to make an adjustment to a box on the box line. The line was in motion and caught the employee's thumb between the box and a guardrail upright at the end of the platform. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal phalanx on the left thumb. | |||||
2018-02-27 | Lynn | Massachusett | GE Lynn | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting a metal strap on a raw material pallet using a box knife when a piece of the metal strap struck the employee's eye, causing an eye orbital rupture. Safety glasses were worn at the time. | |||||
2017-09-21 | Lynn Haven | Florida | National Mentor Healthcare, LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was providing resident care at a group home when she got close to an open bottle of foaming disinfectant and suffered an asthma attack. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-04 | Lynn | Massachusett | Garelick Farms, Inc | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet |
An employee was removing steel plates to access a trough that contains water residue from boilers when a plate shifted, causing the employee to lose his balance. He slipped and his right foot entered the trough, causing second degree burns on his right foot and lower calf. | |||||
2016-08-07 | Lynn | Massachusett | Kettle Cuisine | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee received burns from hot cream. | |||||
2016-07-14 | Lynn | Massachusett | North Shore Medical Center | Arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was testing a 240v line that had a fault and received an arc flash burn to their left arm. | |||||
2016-07-12 | Lynn | Massachusett | GREATER LYNN SENIOR SERVICES | Prosthetic and orthopedic devices of the trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell out of their chair and damaged their artificial hip. | |||||
2016-07-12 | Lynn | Massachusett | GARELICK FARMS, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
While lifting milk products in the back of a vehicle, an employee felt a pop and was hospitalized with a sprain. | |||||
2016-06-07 | Lynn | Massachusett | GARELICK FARMS | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was clearing cartons off the ground when a stack of cases riding on a chain tipped over and struck his back, causing contusions. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Lynn | Massachusett | General Electric Aviation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was tapping a part on a milling machine when his glove became caught on the rotating tap. His left thumb was partially amputated under his fingernail. | |||||
2016-01-25 | Lynn | Massachusett | General Electric Aviation | Forearm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was attempting to put a part on a shelf when the part hit an end cap and bounced back. He put up his arms to protect his face and the part lacerated his left arm. | |||||
2016-01-06 | Lynn | Massachusett | New England Country Pies, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a dough sheeter when the employee's hand got caught between the in-running nip point of two rolling drums on the machine. The employee's hand was crushed and a fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2015-05-04 | Lynn Haven | Florida | Guyson Construction & Roofing, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
An employee fell 8 feet through a hole on the flat roof after removing roofing material, fracturing his shoulder blades. | |||||
2015-02-26 | Lynn | Massachusett | Lynn Union Hospital | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
Employee tripped over phone cords and was unable to ambulate afterwards. | |||||
2015-02-10 | Lynn | Massachusett | Garelick Farms, Inc | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On February 10, 2015 at 9:30pm a truck driver fell off the back of a truck's lift gate and was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2015-01-16 | Lynn | Alabama | Southern Energy Homes, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
Employee was moving a wall while using a crane. One end of the wall fell and broke the employee's arm. Surgery was performed, and the employee was hospitalized post-surgery. |