Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Atlas High Purity Solutions, LLC, 320 Bent Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02141
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a vessel and ascending a ramp with a two-wheeled dolly. The employee slipped, and the dolly and vessel fell on top of and crushed his left hand. The employee's left ring finger was amputated above the first knuckle; his left middle finger was also damaged.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 221310)
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An employee was spraying down an area by a conveyor he had been using. Moving parts (such as rollers and chains) inside a gear box amputated his right arm at the elbow. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was adjusting a machine attached to a tractor that rolls out hose into a trench. The machine lowered to the ground and part of it landed on his big toe, amputating it.
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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.
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