| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-30 | Greenwich | Oh | Johnson Bros. - Greenwich, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On March 30, 2021, an employee was operating a rubber mill and was removing rubber pieces from the exit side of the cutting machine when the blade amputated the employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Greenwich | Ohio | Tempus Builders Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was securing wooden trusses on a newly constructed pole barn when a truss fell, causing the employee to fall from heights. The employee was hospitalized with back injuries. | |||||
| 2020-05-05 | Greenwich | New York | Hollingsworth and Vose Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a paper machine's hood exhaust fan. The employee was trying to remove a belt when their right middle and ring fingers were pinched and lacerated between the exhaust fan belt and sheave. The employee sustained an amputation to the fourth finger on the right hand. | |||||
| 2020-03-25 | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | John W. DePietro Construction, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing three or four rungs up on an extension ladder that was leaning against the gutter in front of a garage, taking pictures of the roof. He slipped off the ladder and his right leg was caught between its rungs, causing fractures to right tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2020-02-04 | Greenwich | Connecticut | Yale New Haven Hospital | Brain | Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising |
| On February 4, 2020, an employee was bent over to re-stock a lower bin/shelf when he stood up and struck his head/face on a plastic shelving bin. He suffered a subdural hematoma and acute subdural bleed over a chronic bleed in the frontal lobe of the brain, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | Greenwich | Connecticut | TAMARACK COUNTRY CLUB | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a ladder, using a saw to trim back low branches from a tree on a golf course. The ladder shifted against the tree and he fell about 5 feet to the grass below. He suffered fractures to his hip, collarbone, and some ribs, as well as a punctured lung and a torn carotid artery. | |||||
| 2019-06-18 | Greenwich | Connecticut | Greenwich Country Club, The | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee slipped and his foot went under a lawnmower, resulting in the partial amputation of his toes. | |||||
| 2019-05-24 | Greenwich | New York | Hollingsworth & Vose Company | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was threading a 12" tail into the lead-out roll under the thru air dryer on a paper machine when the paper tail fell out. The employee went to manually tuck it into the nip point, and his right arm was drawn into the roller. He suffered a third degree burn to the right forearm that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-21 | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | ADT Security Services | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell to the floor while attending a meeting at a restaurant. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2019-03-15 | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | Capeway Roofing Systems, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was picking up roofing debris from the ground when a roll of roofing insulation fell and struck his leg, breaking it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-26 | Greenwich | Connecticut | W. R. Berkley Corporation | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
| On September 27, 2018, an employee was injured while using the elevator, sustaining a concussion. | |||||
| 2018-08-15 | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS INC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working outside on a hot, humid day when he began to feel ill. He drank some water, went into a restroom, vomited several times, and lost consciousness, hitting his head on the floor. He suffered dehydration and a head laceration that required staples. | |||||
| 2018-04-12 | West Greenwich | Rhode Island | AMGEN Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing routine maintenance on a process vessel. While the employee was lowering the vessel head plate into position over the vessel, a member of the lifting mechanism unexpectedly shifted, causing the employee's right ring finger to become pinched between the mechanism and the head plate. The employee's finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2018-01-03 | Greenwich | Connecticut | LA Home Builders, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was descending a carpenter bracket scaffold. The scaffold shifted and the ladder moved causing the employee to lose balance and fall 20 feet. The employee sustained a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2017-09-29 | Greenwich | Connecticut | Installed Building Products LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
| On 9/29/2017, an employee was spraying insulation to the interior walls of an attic. The employee was standing on a 2 x 6 plank, which had been set on the guardrails of a floor opening, when the plank cracked and the employee fell approximately 14 feet to the lower level. The employee sustained a head contusion and fractured vertebrae. | |||||
| 2017-08-09 | West Greenwich | Rhode Island | Immunex Rhode Island Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a lathe when the chuck of the lathe turned unexpectedly and forced the employee's hand against an edge on the tool holder. The employee's left pinky fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2017-07-25 | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | Verrier Tree Service, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Trip without fall |
| An employee started a chain saw and was walking toward a log he planned to cut when he tripped and the running chain saw came up and struck his right upper leg area above the knee. He suffered a serious laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | East Greenwich | Rhode Island | Proscape Landscaping Management Corporation | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was mowing a lawn with a push mower and lacerated his left big toe. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Greenwich | Ohio | Lakepark Industries, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about September 13, 2016, an employee was operating the small milling machine when his glove snagged on the millings and his hand was caught in the rotating tool at the point of operation. He suffered right-hand fractures and lacerations that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-09-12 | Greenwich | Connecticut | Soulcycle Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee amputated two fingers while repairing a chain on a bicycle. | |||||