| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-27 | Somerville | Ma | TITAN ROOFING, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a fixed ladder when they fell off the ladder and sustained broken bones, a laceration, and contusions. | |||||
| 2021-07-26 | Somerville | Ma | Facilico, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking when they slipped on plastic material that was on the ground. The employee fell and sustained a fractured left forearm. | |||||
| 2020-10-09 | Somerville | Ma | Rogers Foam Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a foam profile machine. As the employee attempted to remove a piece of foam from within the profile machine their finger contacted the blade resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-09-19 | Somerville | Ma | Structures Derek International Steel Erectors | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell through a hole in the decking on the ninth floor to the eighth floor below and suffered a compression fracture of two vertebrae and a fractured wrist. | |||||
| 2020-09-04 | Somerville | Ma | Superior Contracting Services | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was removing electrical conduits and a junction box from the exterior of a building. While on a 12-foot A-frame ladder, the employee removed the cover from the junction box and was loosening the anchor bolts within the empty junction box when the entire box and six conduit pipes broke free from the wall and struck the ladder. The ladder tipped over and the employee fell approximately 9 to 10 feet onto the asphalt ground, breaking his ankle. The conduit pipes then fell on him. The bro | |||||
| 2020-07-23 | Somerville | Massachusett | BARLETTA HEAVY DIVISION, INCORPORATED | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was assisting with moving crane mats. When the excavator moved onto a crane mat, the mat shifted and the employee fell from the mat to the ground. He landed on his side on the flange of a steel beam that was laying on the ground. The employee sustained a laceration on his eyebrow and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2020-01-06 | Somerville | Massachusett | Nizhonil Health | Multiple body parts | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was attacked by a dog during a home health visit, suffering lacerations to the face, arm, and leg. | |||||
| 2019-07-23 | Somerville | Massachusett | Legoland Discovery Center Boston | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell down stairs. | |||||
| 2019-02-25 | Somerville | New Jersey | United States Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A tree blew over in the wind, striking the arm and head of a postal worker who was delivering mail. The postal worker suffered fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-04-11 | Somerville | Massachusett | S J Transportation Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving steel drums in a truck when the employee's finger was pinched between drums, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Somerville | Massachusett | UPS | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was pulling an unloading device down a belt when it crushed and lacerated his right hand. | |||||
| 2017-02-14 | Somerville | New Jersey | RATHGIBSON | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a chop saw to cut wood when his left hand went under the saw blade and was lacerated. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-10-08 | Somerville | New Jersey | Tekni Plex Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee suffered an amputation. | |||||
| 2016-06-14 | Somerville | Massachusett | Rogers Foam Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was holding a piece of foam in place to cut using a band saw when the saw blade amputated the employee's right ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-12-21 | Somerville | Massachusett | CENTURY DRYWALL INC. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| One employee fell three feet from a ladder while installing sheetrock and suffered a compound fracture to his right ankle. | |||||
| 2015-08-20 | Somerville | Massachusett | White Skanska Kiewit JV | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a 5' X 10' board, which was laying on jersey barriers so that the employee could screw other pieces of wood to the board at a downward angle. The employee stepped off the edge and fell 4 feet, injuring the left knee and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-07-20 | Somerville | Massachusett | United Parcel Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee delivering packages became dehydrated, got lightheaded, and began vomiting. The employee was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2015-04-23 | Somerville | New Jersey | FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was hospitalized for an infection resulting from a finger wound (metal sliver in skin). | |||||
| 2015-01-18 | Somerville | New Jersey | AGFA CORPORATION | Brain | Fall on same level |
| Employee was walking on the sidewalk when she fell and hit her head resulting in a concussion. | |||||