Boston University

An employee was working on rooftop HVAC equipment and bumped their elbow on the equipment resulting in a puncture wound. The employee was hospitalized for cellulitis and septic bursitis.

An employee on crutches due to a previous injury slipped and fell to the floor while entering a room, resulting in a broken femur.

An employee was walking into a building through the second set of doors when her foot slid in rainwater and she fell on her left knee suffering a broken kneecap. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was walking inside a building and missed a step on the main entrance staircase. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a head laceration and an arm injury. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was moving plastic dashboards when he fell to the ground and struck his head, resulting in a concussion.

An employee was stepping from a bus onto the curb when they sustained a right strained hamstring.

An employee was walking on steps when they slipped and twisted their ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping from a parking block down into a parking spot when he twisted his right ankle, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was stepping down from a work platform to the ground when they rolled their left ankle and fractured it.

An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. As they were dismounting, the employee felt pain in their leg from stepping down and sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was removing boxes of filters from a skid when he tripped on a manual pallet jack. The employee fell and struck his back on the base of the pallet jack, resulting in hospitalization with fractured ribs.

An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.

An employee was using a hose to clear storm drains after a sewer backup. The employee fell backward and his head struck the curb, resulting in an Injury on the right side of his head, generalized bruising, and pain in his left ankle, right hip, left shoulder, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was replacing the back bracket on a deep fryer when her screwdriver slipped, causing her to fall forward into hot oil. She suffered burns on both arms up to the elbows (including the hands and fingers), as well as on the face and neck. She was hospitalized.

An employee fell while exiting a trailer. The employee landed on their left side on the pavement, suffering multiple broken ribs on the left side. The employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered industrial truck. The employee suffered crushing injuries that resulted in amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

An employee had been loading a double deck press. The employee saw a mold had been sent in with the C-hook still attached on the belly bar. As he went to remove the hook from the mold, his right thumb got caught on the C-hook. The employee's thumb was partially amputated.

An employee was operating a roller and paving a small pathway next to a pavilion. The ground was on a slight pitch, causing him to reach up toward the roll cage to stabilize himself. His right fifth finger was pinched between the roll cage and the rafter of the pavilion. The employee sustained a partial degloving injury with partial traumatic amputation.

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.