American Medical Response of Massachusetts, Inc.

While responding to a 911 emergency call at a residence, a paramedic was overcome by secondhand smoke and suffered an asthma attack, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was using a stair chair to carry a patient upstairs when he slipped. His right leg was caught between the stair chair and a step, breaking his tibia and fibula.

An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.

An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.

An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide that was leaking from a kiln. The employee lost consciousness and was hospitalized.

An employee was inside a trailer with a running lawn mower and sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.

An employee exited the ambulance van she had been driving and went to lower the hydraulic wheelchair ramp/lift on the side of the vehicle. The lift would not lower into position. She went around to enter the van to continue troubleshooting the lift when the van began to roll backward as the employee was partially out of the driver s side door. She reached in to stop the vehicle but the transmission shifted into reverse. The van turned and backed across a residential street, dragging the employee approximately 15 feet until it went up on a curb and the employee s left leg was pulled under the left front tire. She was hospitalized with fractures to her right wrist, right hand, and left fibula.

An employee was responding to an emergency call at the end of a pier when they stepped into a gap in the pier boards, resulting in a broken tibia, fibula, and ankle.

On February 19, 2025, an employee was stepping off a 4-foot metal table when he lost footing and fell to the concrete shop floor, resulting in a hip injury.

An employee was getting into the ambulance after responding to a call, slipped on the wet running board and fell to the ground. The employee struck their head and sustained a concussion.

An employee was lifting a patient weighing approximately 400 lbs. and fractured their L5 vertebra, requiring hospitalization.

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.