| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-24 | New Bedford | Ma | Baxter, Inc. | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| On August 24, 2021, an employee slipped off rigging equipment and suffered a broken heel. | |||||
| 2021-06-19 | New Bedford | Ma | PLUMBERS' SUPPLY COMPANY | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was grinding metal with a grinder when the grinder wheel broke and cut his arm. | |||||
| 2021-05-27 | New Bedford | Ma | comcast | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on a 28-foot ladder holding onto a cable that was being replaced. A truck struck the cable and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken neck, shoulder, arm, wrist, and fingers. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | New Bedford | Ma | Nutex Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning a squeeze roller when their finger got caught between the rollers. The employee suffered a degloving injury that resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-01-09 | New Bedford | Massachusett | SACRED HEART HOME | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was exiting a room and caught their left pinky finger between the door and the door jamb resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-04-08 | New Bedford | Massachusett | EPEC, LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was lifting an automated wire stripper and suffered a right rotator cuff injury. | |||||
| 2018-04-02 | New Bedford | Massachusett | ACORN MANAGEMENT CO., INC. | Brain | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder approximately 7 feet off the ground, using a reciprocating saw to cut a pipe that was hanging from the ceiling. The end of the pipe was not secured, and when the cut was nearly completed, the far end of the pipe swung down and hit the ladder out from underneath the employee. He fell to the floor and landed on his head, suffering a head injury, scratches on his back, and a bloody nose. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-03-27 | New Bedford | Massachusett | Tomra of North America, Inc. | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was examining the brakes of a trailer as part of a pre-use inspection when another employee moved the trailer and ran over his right leg, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2018-03-06 | New Bedford | Massachusett | Brittany Global Technologies Corporation | Lumbar region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on a lift wearing his harness to remove a section of duct work. He took the bolts off from around the section of duct work and then lowered the lift. The section of duct work was supposed to lower with the lift, but when he looked back, he noticed that the duct work was not coming down. At this time, he used his upper body, shoulder area to loosen the section. The duct work then fell and pinned him underneath it. He suffered a lumbar fracture. | |||||
| 2017-04-29 | New Bedford | Massachusett | SOUTHCOAST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee suffered respiratory distress when she went into a restroom and found a patient that was smoking. | |||||
| 2017-04-07 | New Bedford | Massachusett | MARKET BASKET, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee suffered an amputation while using a band saw to cut meat. | |||||
| 2016-08-20 | New Bedford | Massachusett | Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was feeding material into an extruder when his right finger(s) were caught and amputated in the machine. | |||||
| 2016-01-11 | New Bedford | Massachusett | ATI Allegheny Ludlum, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee climbed a portable ladder and was fixing the motor on an overhead door. One of the portable ladder's feet was inadvertently placed on the lip of the overhead door. The employee activated the switch to open the door. As the door opened, the ladder tipped backward and he fell. The ladder fell on top of his left leg, breaking it in several places. | |||||
| 2015-12-19 | New Bedford | Massachusett | Brittany Global Technologies Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| A worker was cleaning the chain of a tenter frame machine. A second worker was jogging the machine for the first worker. The first worker's right hand was caught in the machine resulting in the amputation of the index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-16 | New Bedford | Massachusett | High Liner Foods USA Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning glue rails on a packaging machine. Another worker was troubleshooting the packaging machine where suction cups grab the paperboard boxes. This worker jogged the machine to see if the suction cups were grabbing the paperboard sheets and the employee who was cleaning glue off of the rails suffered an arm injury requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-12 | New Bedford | Massachusett | JR Vinagro Corp. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was performing prep work on metal for a highway construction project. An equipment operator was extracting a metal sheet from the ground nearby when the shackle for the sling broke and sent metal shards flying. The shards struck and lacerated the employee, requiring stitches. | |||||
| 2015-10-17 | New Bedford | Massachusett | RELIABLE TRUSS & COMPONENTS, INCORPORATED | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A temporary employee was hospitalized after shooting himself in the left foot/ankle with a nail gun. | |||||
| 2015-05-10 | New Bedford | Massachusett | Phillip Seed & Pet Supply | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was injured when caught between an order-picker powered industrial truck and a storage rack. She received multiple fractures in her back and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-02 | New Bedford | Massachusett | APS, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was injured when his finger got caught in a batter applicator pump. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | New Bedford | Massachusett | NSTAR | Nonclassifiable | Injured by handheld object or equipment |
| Worker hospitalized when an infection developed from a razor tool cut. | |||||