| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-17 | Bristol | Pa | Peloton Interactive, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was removing boxes from a trailer. As the employee was leaving the trailer, boxes fell onto the employee's leg and broke it. | |||||
| 2021-05-29 | Bristol | Fl | BID Group Construction US Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee began to feel lethargic and to cramp at the jobsite. The employee was hospitalized for a possible heat illness. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Bristol | Ct | Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on top of a roof near a belt pulley. The pulley drifted out of place and fell on his right hand crushing the fingers and causing a partial amputation of his pinky finger. | |||||
| 2021-03-22 | Bristol | Nh | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee lost consciousness while casing mail. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration. | |||||
| 2020-08-06 | Bristol | Pa | IEW Coonstruction Group | Heart | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee had a heart attack while testing a transformer and removing the lines. | |||||
| 2020-06-09 | Bristol | Connecticut | Four Star Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 9, 2020, an employee was operating a full-revolution mechanical power press. The employee's right index finger got caught in the die, sustaining a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2020-05-01 | Bristol | Rhode Island | Renewal by Andersen of Southern New England | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was on an extension ladder, using a caulk gun to service a customer's leaking window. He fell from the ladder to the ground and suffered a broken wrist, six broken ribs, a broken knee, a broken septum, and various other cuts and contusions. | |||||
| 2020-03-31 | Bristol | Florida | Apalachee Pole Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing a wheel on a kiln cart. He was aligning the wheel with the wheel bracket when the wheel dropped down and pinched his left middle finger, amputating 1/3-inch from the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-17 | Bristol | Connecticut | Morin Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A temporary employee was operating a power folder when the equipment was activated via the foot pedal. Two of the employee's fingers were then caught under the clamp, crushing the fingertips and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Bristol | Rhode Island | Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| A maintenance employee was walking into the maintenance shop. He tripped while entering the shop and reached out to break his fall, striking his right hand on an axe which was stored near the door. His right ring finger and palm were cut on the axe blade. | |||||
| 2019-06-13 | Bristol | Florida | Liberty Post & Barn Pole, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On June 13, 2019, an employee was standing on a post peeler machine by the motor watching his two coworkers change out a busted hydraulic hose. His coworkers turned on the machine. After the machine was energized, his right middle fingertip was amputated with bone loss by the machine's moving belt. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Action Manufacturing Company | Hand(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was disarming safety and arming devices when detonators exploded, causing burns and lacerations to both the employee's hands. | |||||
| 2019-02-05 | Bristol | Connecticut | Ingraham Manor | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2019-01-22 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Action Manufacturing Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was putting a part into a milling machine when a pneumatic vise closed on the employee's fourth fingertip. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2018-09-13 | Bristol | Connecticut | Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC. | Knee(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| A maintenance employee was replacing a ball valve on a pump in a wastewater treatment system when she knelt in a puddle of 20% sodium hydroxide and sustained caustic burns on her right knee. | |||||
| 2018-03-27 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Trumbull Corp | Foot (feet) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld |
| An employee was directing the lowering of a trench box while standing on a sewer inlet when the box swung and crushed his foot between it and the sewer inlet. | |||||
| 2018-03-08 | Bristol | Connecticut | Trinity Solar | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee had accessed a snow-covered roof to set up roof anchors for a solar panel installation job. While he was clearing snow from the roof edge, he fell 18 feet to the ground below, suffering cracked ribs and a hairline fracture to his hip/pelvis. | |||||
| 2017-09-07 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | R-H-R Mechanical Contractors, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking back from lunch to the worksite when a piece of spiral duct on the rooftop blew down to the ground and struck the employee's neck. The employee suffered a laceration from the neck to the shoulder. | |||||
| 2017-05-17 | Bristol | Connecticut | Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC. | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was processing parts. While lifting a parts processing basket out of a heated alkaline cleaner solution, the metal handle pulled out of the basket and the heated solution splashed onto the employee's right side. The employee suffered burns to the right-side neck, arm and upper leg. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Bioplast Manufacturing, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a large heavy mold when his left pinky finger was caught between the mold he was pushing and another stationary mold. His finger was severely crushed and lacerated, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | Bristol | Connecticut | Metal Finishing Technologies, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On April 3, 2017, at 11:55 a.m., the injured employee and three other employees were transporting a decommissioned, pumped out, triple rinsed steel metal tank, 4' x 5' x 4' using a forklift to a metal recycling roll-off container located outside behind the plant. The injured employee was guiding the tank with his hands when the rest of the crew was attempting to place the tank into the roll-off container. The tank slipped off the forks and crushed the injured employee's left ring fingertip pad b | |||||
| 2017-03-03 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | ALP Supply, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a hydraulic press to cut bearing parts and crushed two fingers. | |||||
| 2017-01-31 | Bristol | Rhode Island | Roger Williams University | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was carrying a pot of boiling water and splashed the boiling water on herself resulting in severe burns to the left forearm. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Bristol | Wisconsin | Quality Carriers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a pneumatic grease gun to grease a trailer chassis when the gun began to malfunction. As he lifted the unit attached to the grease drum to troubleshoot the problem, his left hand slid. The moving piston then amputated his pinky fingertip between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-05-21 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Northtec, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| While operating a paper cushioning machine, an employee's right hand contacted the cutting blade, amputating three fingertips. | |||||
| 2016-05-04 | Bristol | Connecticut | A. & D. Components, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On or about May 4, 2016, an employee cleaning the roll feed on a power press had the tip of his right pinky finger pinched between rolls resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-31 | Bristol | Connecticut | Stop & Shop | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On or about March 31, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., an employee in the meat department suffered a fingertip amputation while cutting meat on a band saw. | |||||
| 2016-01-25 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Columbia Lighting | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a milling machine while wearing gloves when the machine bit lacerated the employee's fingertip. The tip was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-12-30 | Bristol | Connecticut | Covanta Energy Bristol, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pulling ash off of an ash truck with a clam rake and fell, suffering a leg injury. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on a torn muscle in the right knee. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Eagle Equipment Corporation | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
| On 9/24/15, an employee was doing electrical service work to the motor of a vertical cardboard baler. The power to the motor was not turned off at the time. He received an electric shock when he grabbed the live 208 power cord and sustained burns to his hands, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-07-24 | Bristol | Connecticut | Morin Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On July 24, 2015, an employee was adjusting a roll-forming machine when his hand was pulled into the running die. He broke his left thumb and sustained a left index fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2015-06-26 | Bristol | Wisconsin | Brunswick Corporation | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Six 150-pound boxes fell over on top of an employee, causing injuries to his lower extremities, which included breaking both legs. | |||||
| 2015-06-22 | Bristol | Pennsylvania | Dor-Set Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was pushing a small part on a table saw when his hand slipped and he amputated the tip of his left thumb. | |||||
| 2015-06-19 | Bristol | Florida | North Florida Lumber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| A maintenance employee was trying to free a log jam on the DDM6 machine. The machine was locked and tagged out at the time. He was using a sledge hammer to break the log loose. The sledge hammer slipped, and the employee's left thumb became stuck between the hammer head and the blade on the machine. | |||||
| 2015-05-04 | Bristol | Florida | North Florida Lumber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming an infeed on a planer. When he unjammed the feed, his left hand got caught by the pineapple rolls, breaking three fingers. | |||||
| 2015-02-18 | Bristol | Virginia | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee on mail route slipped on ice, fell and broke the right ankle and leg below the knee. | |||||