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 preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.

An employee was installing an electrical tray remover from a ladder. As he was descending, his missed a step and fell 6-7 feet to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury.

Two employees were installing spray foam insulation in the attic of a new residential construction. The injured employee fell 8 feet from an A-frame ladder to the floor. The employee suffered lacerations, abrasions, and a head injury.

An employee was on a raised platform attaching wires to electrical boxes. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to the floor below and struck an exit sign on the way down, resulting in an injury to his face.

An employee was in a forklift man basket fixing a garage door opener when they fell approximately 8 feet to the concrete ground below. The employee suffered head and back injuries as well as kidney bruising.

An employee was mopping a floor when they stepped forward onto a section they just mopped and slipped, falling to the ground. The employee suffered a shattered kneecap.

An employee was walking through a swampy area carrying a machete. He tripped on a log, and the machete lacerated his right hand. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee had just delivered a package at a local FedEx office and was walking back to his vehicle in the parking lot. Another vehicle backed out of a parking spot and pinned the employee between their vehicle and another parked vehicle. The employee's lower right leg was crushed, and they were hospitalized.

An employee slipped on an iced-over metal grate. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken left hip.

An employee was conducting a routine equipment check when a flash fire occurred and the employee sustained first-degree burns to their face, second-degree burns to the right side of their lower back and third-degree burns to the entirety of both legs.

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.