Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-26 | Wareham | Ma | WAYNE J. GRIFFIN ELECTRIC INCORPORATED | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing down a stepladder. One of the ladder's legs dropped into a core hole that had been filled with foam and covered with a skim coat the same color as the floor. The ladder tipped and the employee fell, landing 4 feet below and suffering a broken ankle. | |||||
2021-01-29 | West Wareham | Ma | Master Millwork, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was moving plywood and fell to the floor, resulting in a hip injury. | |||||
2021-01-08 | Wareham | Ma | TOBEY HOSPITAL | Face | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was assaulted by a patient in the emergency room. The employee was pushed to the floor and sustained a facial nerve injury requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Wareham | Massachusett | Target | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was using a powered pallet jack to load cardboard into a trailer. He tripped over an empty pallet in the trailer and his right foot and ankle were pinned between the powered pallet jack and the empty pallet, resulting in fractures to the right foot. | |||||
2019-08-28 | Wareham | Massachusett | Target | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was loading a trailer when he tripped over a pallet, breaking his right leg. | |||||
2016-10-05 | West Wareham | Massachusett | COVANTA SEMASS, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was removing a hose connector from a conveyor when the hose became snagged on the conveyor. The connector came flying back, hitting and breaking the employee's hand and wrist. | |||||
2016-01-07 | West Wareham | Massachusett | COVANTA Energy of SEMASS | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
While working on a sorting line, an employee was sprayed by a flammable chemical when the bottle that it was in got stuck on the conveyor. The ignition source was a portable heater that was being used to keep the employee warm. The employee received 1st and 2nd degree burns to the right hand and right leg. |