Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Securitas Security Services USA, Inc., 28 DeWolfe Street, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee sat on a stack of three to four chairs when the stack collapsed and the tip of his right ring finger got caught between two chairs, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Chairs, single-person seating
More severe injuries at Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
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An employee retrieved information from a visitor's vehicle. As they were walking back to the door of the guard house, they tripped on a nearby curb and fell. The employee sustained sprains, bruising, swelling, and abrasions to the face, back, ribs, stomach, hips, legs, knees, and feet.
An employee stepped out of a security guard shack and fell down stairs, landing on their left side. The employee suffered pain in the left leg and hip.
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An employee was handling a small platform ladder with three steps and two wheels in the front. The employee was found on the floor underneath the ladder. She was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the sacrum.
An employee was on a ladder four feet above the ground to install insulation. The ladder began to slide and the employee jumped to the shop floor, breaking his left tibia and fibula at the ankle. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.
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