Struck by object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Northeast Record Retention North LLC, 700 Main Street, WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02451
on — Amputations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A liftgate was dropped on an employee's leg. The employee sustained a partial amputation and required hospitalization.
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An employee was completing a service call and looking at a water pump when the pump cover plate struck their forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and fracture requiring hospitalization.
An employee was removing chains from a steel tube. A sorting hook attachment was caught on the staging area cross member. When he raised the chains, the sorting hook snapped back and struck the employee's face causing a fractured jaw.
An employee was in the sawmill basement using a push broom and shovel to clean wood chips and sawdust. The employee's right arm was struck by a wooden board between the wrist and elbow, resulting in a fracture.
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