Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-08 | Needham | Ma | Roche Brothers Supermarkets, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was walking in the store parking lot when he tripped or lost balance and fell to the ground, injuring his hip. | |||||
2021-03-12 | Needham | Ma | J.W. CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance |
Two employees collided while one of them was climbing down a ladder carrying a nail gun. The gun discharged, firing a wire nail fastener into the other employee's head. That employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-22 | Needham | Ma | Coca Cola Beverages Northeast | Head | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a rider jack when his load was struck by a forklift's load. He fell off the rider jack and hit his head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained an injury that required stitches. | |||||
2020-06-15 | Needham | Massachusett | Restaurant Equipment Service Group LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee arrived at the shop to pick up parts. He used a lift jack to move crates, uncrated a crate, took the parts out and set them on the side. There was a heavy metal pole that is used for the lift jacks that fell off the shelf and hit his hand. He sustained the amputation of the left middle fingertip. | |||||
2019-05-26 | Needham | Massachusett | Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a bin and suffered a muscle injury. | |||||
2019-04-23 | Needham Heights | Massachusett | MUZI MOTORS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was replacing a vehicle's serpentine belt's plastic cover when his finger was caught in the serpentine belt, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-06-14 | Needham Heights | Massachusett | Coca-Cola Refreshment | Lumbar region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was picking up a 3 foot x 3 foot pallet to stack it on another pallet during a delivery when he suffered an acute lumbar sprain. | |||||
2017-04-26 | Needham | Massachusett | Coca Cola Refreshments | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing a jam in a filler machine when his left index finger was partially amputated. | |||||
2017-02-08 | Needham Heights | Massachusett | Sudbury Farms/Roche Bros | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot while helping a customer bring groceries to their car, suffering a left leg injury. | |||||
2016-07-24 | Needham | Alabama | Homestead Hospice | Multiple body parts | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway |
An employee was driving their personal vehicle to a client residence and struck a tree on the side of the roadway injuring their back and both legs. | |||||
2015-08-05 | Needham | Massachusett | Coca-Cola Refreshments, Inc. | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On August 5, an employee was cleaning floors and equipment when he hit his head walking underneath a conveyor. He experienced headaches and was eventually hospitalized with a brain blood clot. |