Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2016-01-15 | Bozrah | Connecticut | Six Paca Farm, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On Friday, January 15, 2016, an employee was operating a carding machine when his fingers were drawn into the equipment. Four fingers on his right hand were amputated. | |||||
2015-02-25 | Bozrah | Connecticut | Moark, LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
Employee was taking a load of manure to the manure pad to dump it. In the process of raising the trailer, the manure load froze while both of the safety latches at the bottom of the tailgate were still engaged. The employee exited the trailer and began to walk around the trailer to see why the load hadn't released. As he got near the tailgate, the manure load let loose and broke the two safety latches (1-1/4" steel rod), blowing the tailgate open. The bottom of the tailgate hit him in the leg | |||||
2015-02-05 | Bozrah | Connecticut | Moark, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee fractured his hip when he was walking across a pad to the chicken coops and slipped on ice beneath snow and fell. He was admitted to the hospital and may need surgery. |