Norwood, MA

Employers with the most severe injuries in Norwood

Example incidents

• Don Martin Corporation NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS · 2025-10-21 · Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area

  An employee was working with paving equipment and heard a noise on the opposite side of the machine he was working on. When the machine stopped, the employee went to the opposite side and crouched down to investigate the noise. A mini track loader backed up and drove over the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures to their lower leg, ankle, and foot.

• CertainTeed LLC NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS · 2025-10-14 · Fall on same level unspecified

  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.

• Larin Automotive LLC NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS · 2025-04-23 · Flash fire

  An employee was taking pictures of automotive wheels for sale. To get the numbers off the back off the wheel, he used brake cleaner to clean the wheel. The brake cleaner ignited while he was wiping and/or using a wire brush tool. He sustained burns to the face and was hospitalized.

• Home Market Foods, Inc. NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS · 2024-11-12 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing

  An employee was rinsing a grinder machine. Their hand contacted the rotating auger while removing a piece of meat and the auger blade amputated a fingertip.

• Home Market Foods, Inc. NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS · 2024-07-19 · Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified

  An employee was loading a trailer using a stand-up forklift. While backing out of the trailer onto the loading dock, he was struck on the lower left leg and foot by a pallet, being carried by another powered industrial truck. He suffered an injury that caused swelling in the leg, though no bones were broken.

• The Cardinal Group USA, LLC NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS · 2023-10-04 · Contact with hot objects or substances

  An employee was walking when they stepped on a low point drain on a heated water line. The hot water line connected to the drain broke and sprayed 180-degree water onto the employee's lower left back and left side resulting in burns.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.