DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2017-03-01ColchesterConnecticutFrontier CommunicationsHip(s)Other fall to lower level
On March 1, 2017, an employee fell from a rolling ladder and fractured her hip.
2016-08-11ColchesterIllinoisYetter Manufacturing CompanyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On or about August 11, 2016, an employee was cutting steel bar stock on a band saw when the employee's left index finger was caught between the band saw stop and the bar stock as a vertical vice closed to secure the bar stock. The distal phalange on the finger had to be surgically amputated.
2016-02-03ColchesterConnecticutAsplundh Tree Expert Co. Finger(s), fingernail(s)Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016, an employee was getting into the passenger's side of an aerial lift truck when he slipped on ice. He attempted to grab the side of the truck, and a ring on his left ring finger got caught on a bolt on the side of the aerial lift. His left ring finger was amputated.