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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

United States Census Bureau

Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at United States Census Bureau, 000 Unknown Street, BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02135 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

An employee was returning census equipment when she tripped on a curb and fell onto the sidewalk, fracturing her hip which required hospitalization and surgery.

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An employee was walking up the stairs at a private residence while conducting a survey. The employee reached for a tarp that was hanging over the entryway when they fell down the stairs, resulting in a back fracture, two broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and lacerations to the back of the head and neck.

United States Census Bureau

An employee was conducting Census duties on the road and suffered an asthma attack due to smoke in the environment. The employee was hospitalized.

United States Census Bureau

An employee fell while descending steps outside a residence, suffering contusions to the forehead, right wrist, and both knees. The contusion to the forehead resulted in internal bleeding on the brain.

United States Census Bureau

While walking through a wooded area, an employee tripped on a tree root and fell to the ground. She suffered a broken pelvis and a dislocation femur.

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U.S. Postal Service

An employee was delivering mail when they tripped on a curb and fell to the ground, resulting in a kneecap injury.

Kettering Health

An employee was leaving work when they tripped over a curb in the parking lot and fell into a wall, resulting in a fractured left humerus.

RIVERSIDE MEDICAL

A nurse was visiting the home of a patient for requested treatment. She tripped on her gown while going up the steps to the property, falling and fracturing her left femur.

Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center

An employee tripped on a step while entering a house. The employee suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Publix Supermarket

An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.

Entergy

A fleet mechanic was gathering mileage information from his truck. As he exited the truck, he missed the last step and fell about 14 inches to the ground below. He was hospitalized.

U. S. Census Bureau

A census taker was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street, and suffered multiple broken bones.

U.S. Census Bureau

A census taker was at a house when a dog chased her. She fell, hitting her head on the ground. She was hospitalized.

U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census

An employee was struck by a vehicle while gathering census information. The employee suffered a concussion, a broken shoulder, a dislocated and broken left ankle, facial abrasions, and a dislocated right middle finger.

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.