Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-10 | Canaan | Ct | EPES Transport System, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was exiting out the back of a tractor trailer. The employee slipped and fell to the parking lot, suffering a possible broken hip. | |||||
2020-08-15 | Canaan | Ct | Becton Dickinson and Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 15, 2020, an employee was unjamming the rotating diverter wheel on a production machine. The tension released, pushing the employee's hand into a compressed air jet. The air punctured her hand and she was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-18 | New Canaan | Connecticut | Raul Painting Company, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
An employee was on two ladders that were tied together to power wash the side of a house. As he was trying to reach the roof, the ladders collapsed and he fell four feet to the ground. The fallen ladders landed on top of him. The employee suffered multiple fractures. | |||||
2018-04-18 | New Canaan | Connecticut | Rooter Plumbing Hudwson Valley, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
At around 3:30 PM, an employee was using a tool to pry open a manhole to clear the main drain line when the tool slipped while his thumb was in the manhole. The manhole lid then came down on his left thumb and severed it above the knuckle. | |||||
2017-05-04 | Canaan | Connecticut | Old castle | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fractured his left ring finger while working on a ladder. | |||||
2017-03-26 | Canaan | Connecticut | Becton, Dickinson and Company | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking past a wooden pallet when she tripped over it and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip. | |||||
2015-04-08 | Canaan | New York | Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth | Cranial region | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee became dizzy, fainted, and struck his head on the doorframe when he fell to the ground. |