105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Nonclassifiable · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 19 Elliot Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02139 on — Amputations, affecting the nonclassifiable.

An employee received an amputation.

Hospitalized Amputation Nonclassifiable Nonclassifiable

Harvard University

An employee slipped and fell down a small flight of stairs and suffered a back injury. The employee was hospitalized.

Harvard University

An employee was using an A-frame step ladder to set up a stage for a performance. The employee fell approximately five feet off the step ladder onto the floor. The employee sustained a left hip injury requiring surgery.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

An employee fell and her shoulder struck the wall. She was hospitalized.

Harvard University

An employee was carrying a stack of ceramic dishes in a dish room. The employee tripped over a bucket of sanitizer solution, stored on top of an upside-down milk crate. She fell to the floor, suffering a broken right hip and a lacerated right elbow.

Harvard University

While troubleshooting a light fixture, an employee sustained an electric shock and fell from a ladder.

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Target Corporation

An employee was unloading a truck when he experienced pain. He was hospitalized with a hernia.

Westlund Excavating LLC

An employee was cutting pipe when they sustained a laceration to the face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hader-Seitz, Inc.

An employee suffered two fingertip amputations while working at a plant.

Rivian Automotive, LLC

On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.

Mid-City Electric Co

An employee was operating a scissor lift and fractured their right ankle.

Washington University School of Medicine

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.

Johnson & Wales University

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.

Brown University

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.

Georgetown University

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.

Elizabethtown College

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.

A&S Services Group

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.

American Flowform and Machining, LLC

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.

Acushnet Rubber Company, Inc

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.

Warner Brothers, LLC

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.

Roby's Propane Gas

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.