Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-15 | Dayville | Ct | Suttles Truck Leasing LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was off loading ammonia solution at the plant when the connection at the pump truck came off and approximately 500 gallons of ammonia were spilled. The employee suffered chemical burns to the legs and feet due to the ammonia exposure. | |||||
2021-04-30 | Dayville | Ct | Colt's Plastics Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was removing a bad part out of the mold area of a compression molding machine when the mold closed on his left hand resulting in the complete amputation of one finger and the partial amputation of another. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Dayville | Ct | Frito-lay, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was handling a rare-earth magnet. The magnet was attracted to a metal plate, and the employee's fingertip was amputated between the two. | |||||
2020-02-25 | Dayville | Connecticut | Putnam Plastics | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was found incoherent with injuries to the face and arm and was hospitalized. The employee may have fallen from a ladder. | |||||
2018-08-29 | Dayville | Connecticut | United Natural Foods | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was driving a pallet jack toward a cross aisle when he collided with a forklift and broke his ankle. | |||||
2018-08-25 | Dayville | Connecticut | Web Industries | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee had just changed a winder. As he started the winder back up, his finger was caught in the spinning winder, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2017-07-20 | Dayville | Connecticut | Lake Road Generating Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a horizontal band saw to cut metal when the saw blade partially amputated his right thumb. | |||||
2017-06-08 | Dayville | Connecticut | Web Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On June 8, 2017, an employee suffered a partial amputation of his left ring finger when a large shaft fell onto his hand. | |||||
2016-09-20 | Dayville | Connecticut | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
Two employees who were operating pallet jacks collided with each other. One employee was hospitalized overnight with back pain. | |||||
2016-07-20 | Dayville | Connecticut | United Natural Foods, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee operating an electric pallet jack was rounding an aisle and became pinned between the pallet jack handle and a fixed storage rack, sustaining five broken ribs. The injured employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-03 | Dayville | Connecticut | Frito Lay, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On January 3, 2016, an employee was using a manual pallet jack. The forks were not completely under the pallet being towed. When the employee tugged on the pallet jack, the brakes went on and the employee fell to the ground. She suffered a contusion to her right hip and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-06-20 | Dayville | Connecticut | Frito Lay, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
A maintenance employee was completing inspections of the battery charging unit. He was in a caged area that elevated him three levels high, approximately 15 feet from the floor. He was lowering himself and believed he was on the ground level. He raised the guardrail bar and stepped out, falling 4-5 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered a back injury and was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-02-06 | Dayville | Connecticut | C&M Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A maintenance employee suffered an injury to the right hand during maintenance operations of a wire cabling machine. The employee lost the ring and pinky finger on his right hand. |