Struck against stationary object unspecified · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 930 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02215
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working on rooftop HVAC equipment and bumped their elbow on the equipment resulting in a puncture wound. The employee was hospitalized for cellulitis and septic bursitis.
Hospitalized Elbow(s) Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery n.e.c.
An employee was walking into a building through the second set of doors when her foot slid in rainwater and she fell on her left knee suffering a broken kneecap. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was walking inside a building and missed a step on the main entrance staircase. The employee fell to the floor and sustained a head laceration and an arm injury. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying a shelf unit from the carpentry shop across the hall to the paint shop when he tripped on a painter's tripod and fell, resulting in a cracked pelvis on his left side.
On September 4, 2025, an employee was working to adjust the wrap on the wrap machine to avoid it tearing. The employee contacted the angle iron guard that surrounds the front of the wrap platform, causing a puncture wound to their right shin. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was inspecting a vehicle at an automobile body shop. He leaned down and a sharp piece of metal that was sticking out from a damaged door on the car severely lacerated his lower right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was checking the water value and pressure in a boiler when he hit his head on a 2-inch pipe and passed out, falling forward onto the valve and suffering a gash and burns to the face, a broken nose, and a laceration to his left eye.
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