| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-12 | East Hartford | Ct | Capital Industrial Group, LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was removing wooden trash from a 12-foot-high platform. He lost his balance and fell to the hard floor, suffering a broken leg and ankle. Fall protection was not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2020-10-06 | East Hartford | Ct | United Steel Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was using a concrete mixer that was attached to a skid steer and amputated the tip of his right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-03-25 | East Hartford | Connecticut | COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to unjam a pallet on a conveyor. His right thumb was pinched under the pallet, causing a soft tissue amputation of the thumb tip. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Big lots Store #1603 | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was outside of the store, at the loading dock, receiving a shipment of shopping carts. The carts were packaged on a pallet, handle side down. When the carts were separated, they shifted and pushed the employee off the loading dock. He landed on his left side, striking his shoulder, head, and hip. | |||||
| 2019-07-04 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Pratt & Whitney | Leg(s) | Nonvenomous insect bites |
| An employee was bitten by an insect. The bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-31 | East Hartford | Connecticut | AeroCision, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was delivering a pallet of forging material to a vendor. When he opened the rear door of the delivery truck, one piece of material weighing 456 pounds fell off the pallet and landed on him, bruising his arm. | |||||
| 2018-06-24 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Partitions, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| On June 24, 2018, an employee was working in the warehouse to prepare the upcoming week's jobs. He used an extension ladder to try to retrieve a dolly from a box stored on a mezzanine. The ladder slipped out and the employee fell to the floor, breaking his hip and foot. His injuries required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-05 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Garden of Light, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming product from a machine when the equipment started and the employee's left hand was caught in the auger resulting in amputation of three fingers. The auger guard was not in place at the time. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Greenwood Industries, Inc. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on ice on the roof deck and fell on the roof deck suffering a pinched nerve in his neck. | |||||
| 2016-08-24 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Northeast Contractors, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An excavator was lifting a compactor out of an excavation. The cable that was used to lift the compactor slipped and an employee was repositioning the cable when his finger was caught between the cable and the compactor resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2016-08-16 | East Hartford | Connecticut | Town Fair Tire | Eye(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was installing a car tire on a steel rim when the tire iron dislodged and struck the employee in the left eye, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-05-23 | East Hartford | Connecticut | United Steel, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On or about May 23, 2016, an employee was handling a piece of steel with a magnet lifting-device. The steel shifted and fell on the employee's left hand, amputating the first joint of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-07-17 | East Hartford | Connecticut | VCA Animal Hospital of East Hartford | Wrist(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was bitten on the wrist by a cat on Friday, 7-17-15, at 5:15 p.m. The wound later became infected and required hospitalization. | |||||