Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

An employee tripped on the stairs leading from the parking lot to the building.

An employee cut his hand with a high pressure water jet.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

The office had just closed, and an employee was finishing at her desk. A vendor arrived to perform their services. The employee unlocked the door for the vendor and proceeded to walk backward away from the door while talking to the vendor. She fell backward and landed on her hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

An employee fell while entering the building. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee was coming from the parking lot at the start of his shift. He fell while walking in the crosswalk and sustained pain and numbness in his right leg. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee fell to an office floor, landing on her right side and suffering a broken hip, a broken right arm, and a concussion. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

A temporary employee climbed onto a 28-inch high table to clean the top of the head assembly of the profile saw used to cut polyurethane foam. While cleaning, he tripped over the pneumatic hose and struck the blade. He then fell over to the other side of the head assembly onto the table. The employee sustained an amputated right foot and a laceration on his left leg. The machine was not locked out/tagged out and guarding was not used at the time.

An employee was sitting in an office chair when his foot caught on one of the rollers. He fell from the chair to the floor and suffered a broken hip. He was hospitalized.

An employee was disconnecting a resistor in an electrical test setup and contacted an energized power terminal. The employee suffered an electric shock and was hospitalized.

An employee was walking down the hallway when they tripped over a raised concrete slab on the floor and fell. They sustained a right elbow fracture that required hospitalization.

The employer was being transported from one building to another in a golf cart. When the cart turned, the employee fell off and hit her head on the ground, resulting in a concussion.

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.