Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified · Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Waban Projects, Inc., 5 Dunaway Drive, SANFORD, MAINE 04073
on — Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a severe allergic reaction to bird seed while conducting an activity with children, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was in a wash bay using an alkaline chemical cleaner to clean truck beds. The employee began experiencing lip numbness and facial and eye redness. The employee also experienced breathing difficulties, resulting in hospitalization.
On February 15, 2023, at approximately 5:15 p.m., an employee laid her head down on a desk and then noticed that her face and tongue were swollen. She later had trouble breathing while driving home. The employee was hospitalized for a potential allergic reaction.
An employee was exiting a building when she lost her balance on the door threshold, fell, and struck a concrete step. She suffered a broken left femur.
During a home visit, an employee was coming down a flight of carpeted stairs carrying two bags. One of the bags (a heavy one) caught on a child's car seat at the bottom of the stairs, and the employee tripped and fell down about four stairs. She suffered a broken left knee.
An employee was startled by a spider while sitting at her desk. She fell backward from her chair, landed on her left hip, and broke it. She was hospitalized.
On April 4, 2025, an employee was walking across the classroom when she tripped on a chair and fell to the ground, striking her head and left ear. The employee was hospitalized.
A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.
Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.
An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.
An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.