| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-25 | Groton | Ct | General Dynamics Electric Boat | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Three employees were working on a high-pressure airline when the hose failed and released air pressurized at 4,000 psi. The ruptured hose struck one of the employees, who suffered a rib fracture, multiple contusions, fractures to the right middle finger, multiple lacerations, and acute hearing loss. | |||||
| 2021-08-04 | Groton | Ct | GENERAL DYNAMICS, ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION | Leg(s) | Pedal cycle collision in roadway |
| An employee was using a company bicycle to travel to a company property when they were struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway, resulting in a fractured leg. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | Groton | Connecticut | ELECTRIC BOAT | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was shocked by an industrial vacuum cleaner while using it to vacuum blasting grit. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-20 | Groton | Connecticut | Kohl's Department Store | Leg(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
| An employee was scanning boxes as they came off a truck. Her foot slipped between the loading dock and the trailer, and her leg was broken in multiple places. | |||||
| 2019-09-02 | Groton | Connecticut | Asplundh Tree Expert LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was lifting a log onto a wood chipper when it fell from the wood chipper, struck, and amputated his right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-05-07 | Groton | Connecticut | Electric Boat | Lung(s), pleura | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| A painter working in the sonar dome of a submarine was power washing in a confined space when they fell three levels (approximately 20 feet) through a 2' x 4' access hole. The employee lost consciousness and suffered a contusion to the back of the head and pneumonia from inhaled water. | |||||
| 2019-01-21 | Groton | Connecticut | ELECTRIC BOAT CORP, A DIV OF GENERAL DYNAMICS CO. | Hip(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee fell while walking on top of a new construction ship due to a cramp in his foot. He sustained a broken hip. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | Groton | South Dakota | POET Biorefining Groton | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| An employee was replacing gaskets on a disc stack centrifuge and using a specialized tool to pull the disc stack when the employee's left ring finger was caught between the tool and the stack, resulting in a partial distal amputation of the left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2018-04-11 | Groton | Connecticut | Electric Boat | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was adjusting a vice on a drill press table when the device shifted, causing his left pinky finger to become caught between the key slot and the fixture. A chunk of flesh was removed. | |||||
| 2017-03-13 | Groton | Connecticut | ARAMARK | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting chicken with a knife when he amputated approximately 1/4" of his left thumb tip. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Groton | Connecticut | ELECTRIC BOAT | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on an icy/snowy ramp while exiting a ship, breaking an ankle and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-11-06 | Groton | Connecticut | ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While using a metal rolling machine to straighten a piece of sheet metal, and employee's glove got caught in one of the rollers, which pulled his hand in. He lost three fingers on his left hand down to the first knuckle, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2015-09-30 | Groton | Connecticut | Electric Boat | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| At approximately 10:30pm on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, a janitorial employee was walking to a dumpster when he slipped and fell on asphalt next to the dumpster, hurting his leg. The employee was transported to the hospital where he was admitted. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Groton | Connecticut | Electric Boat | BODY SYSTEMS | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
| During a fall protection training session, an employee was choked unconscious from the fall protection system. | |||||
| 2015-03-02 | Groton | Connecticut | Electric Boat Corporation | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| On March 2, 2015, an employee entering his office from outdoors fell and fractured his hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-23 | Groton | Connecticut | Family Motors, Inc. | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Employee was walking from the showroom to the parking lot to deliver a car when he slipped on ice and fractured his right leg. | |||||