BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER

An employee went into anaphylactic shock after exposure to a dog at work.

A nurse slipped and fell, suffering a broken femur.

An employee was working on a generator. When the employee operated a switch, an explosion or arc flash burned the employee's hands.

An employee was descending 6 feet from an upper roof to a lower roof by stepping onto a stepladder and climbing down. The stepladder broke and the employee fell 5 feet onto the lower roof, injuring his back and requiring hospitalization.

An employee tripped over wires next to a patient's bed and broke her hip.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.

An employee tripped over a concrete curb stop in a parking lot. The employee fell to the ground, landing on their left hip and breaking it.

An employee was walking downhill through a grassy area toward the parking lot where her vehicle was parked. Her foot caught a hole in the ground and she fell, resulting in fractures to her right tibia and fibula.

At about 9:00 a.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee missed a step on a stairway and fell down three flights of stairs. She suffered a broken wrist and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was assisting an emergency room patient when the patient attacked the employee, who suffered a broken patella and tibia.

An employee was standing while working in her room. She had a call, turned, slipped, and fell to the hardwood floor, landing on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her sacrum and right-side pelvis.

An employee fell while walking to the front door to leave at the end of a shift. She was hospitalized for a hip injury.

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.