Machine Injury & Accidents

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.
2021-10-28	Hartford	Ct	The Root Center for Advanced Recovery	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was retrieving items from a safe when the door of the safe came off its hinges and struck the employee, resulting in a fractured and lacerated arm.
2021-10-22	Hartford	Ct	Hartford Hospital	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking through a hospital when they slipped on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a broken leg.
2021-09-30	West Hartford	Ct	R.H. White Construction Co., Inc.	Lumbar region	Other jump to lower level
An employee was loading a dump truck using a mini excavator. The employee dumped the load and backed up when the mini excavator tipped over and leaned against a tree. The employee jumped out of the excavator and landed on the ground, resulting in a lower back injury.
2021-09-08	Hartford	Ct	Trinity Health of New England	Thigh(s)	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
A nurse was performing a restraint on a combative patient and sustained a tear to his quadriceps that required surgery.
2021-08-09	West Hartford	Ct	VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT	Arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
A veterinary employee was bitten on the arm by a cat as she restrained it on an exam room table.
2021-04-02	Hartford	Wi	Signicast LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unjamming a parts elevator when his arm became stuck in the parts elevator. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.
2021-02-22	Hartford	Ct	The Travelers Indemnity Company	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet floor in a building while walking toward the exit. The employee fell, suffering a broken kneecap.
2021-02-05	Hartford	Ct	CT Transit	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was walking down the stairs on the roof and slipped on ice, resulting in a torn tendon.
2021-02-04	West Hartford	Ct	ST. MARY HOME	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell, resulting in an injured left ankle.
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.
2020-07-28	West Hartford	Connecticut	University of Hartford	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
On July 28, 2020, a technician was investigating a lack of cooling in the HVAC system of a building. He determined there was a refrigerant leak. While showing his supervisor what had been found, the technician opened a 3-phase, 208-volt junction box and sustained electric shock and burns to his hands, resulting in hospitalization.
2020-07-22	West Hartford	Connecticut	Har-Conn Chrome Company	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was working in the office when they stepped back, tripped over a bag that was on the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a dislocated hip requiring hospitalization.
2020-05-11	West Hartford	Connecticut	Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On May 11, 2020, an employee was operating a drill press while wearing a glove. The employee's glove became caught on the rotating chuck, resulting in a thumb amputation.
2020-03-30	West Hartford	Connecticut	VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
A veterinarian was preparing to give an IV injection to a cat. The cat bit the veterinarian's left thumb; the bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.
2020-03-25	Hartford	Connecticut	Charter Oak Utility Constructors	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell into an electrical vault, landing on a concrete floor about 10 feet below and suffering bruises and sprains.
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.
2020-02-18	Hartford	Wisconsin	Steel-Craft Corp. of Hartford	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a pipe on the end of an air pressure gun. When the air was activated, the pipe became airborne and hit the employee in the face.
2020-01-13	Hartford	Connecticut	Manafort Brothers Incorporated	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
On January 13, 2020, the injured employee made a 3/4 cut into a 7-inch abandoned water pipe. An excavator operator extended the excavator bucket to push down onto the pipe and finish breaking it off. After the pipe broke loose, the excavator operator hooked the cut end of the pipe with one of the bucket's teeth and started to slide the pipe away from underneath the trench box. The pipe popped off the bucket's tooth and struck the injured employee in the leg.
2020-01-08	Hartford	Connecticut	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was changing into her work uniform in a locker room when she had a suspected allergic reaction to peanuts.
2019-09-11	Hartford	Connecticut	Mackenzie Service Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a baker's scaffold.
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.
2019-07-19	Hartford	Wisconsin	Chemical Research Technology	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was wrapping a box of shrink wrap using green banding. While moving around the box, the employee slipped on some of the shrink wrap causing him to fall on his right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip.
2019-07-17	Hartford	Connecticut	Crest Mechanical Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a portable band saw to cut threaded rod when the blade cut his left thumb. The employee got an infection that required surgery and antibiotics.
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.
2019-06-06	Hartford	Connecticut	Imagineers, LLC	Ball(s) of the foot	Stepped on object
On June 5, 2019, an employee was installing countertops in an apartment and stepped on a screw that went through the sole of his shoe into the ball of his right foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat an infection.
2019-05-11	West Hartford	Connecticut	Crossmark, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was conducting a food product demonstration. The employee took a bite of the product and had an anaphylactic reaction requiring hospitalization.
2019-02-21	Hartford	Illinois	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On 2/21/2019, two employees were working to repair/resurface a 120-inch, five blade, four-ton wheel propeller inside the propeller repair shop at a shipyard repair facility. The propeller was just removed from the straightening press and the employees were in the process of moving it over to a floor stand so they could weld it, grind it and apply cosmetic treatment to it. They used an under the hook hoist system to move the propeller over to the floor stand. Once in position, they attempted to p
2019-02-15	New Hartford	New York	Sitrin Healthcare Center	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating a lift gate on a truck. The lift gate mechanism pinched the employee's left ring finger, causing its amputation.
2019-02-08	Hartford	Illinois	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was struck by a hatch lid due to over-pressurization of a void tank. This caused the employee to fall approximately 12-14' to the dry dock floor below resulting in broken ribs, a bruised brain and bruised vertebrae.
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.
2019-01-30	Hartford	Illinois	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was attempting to load a shaft onto a flatbed truck using an overhead crane. The pull chain got stuck in the hook on the chain fall. The employee reached up to free the pull chain and his right ring finger was pinched between the chain on the overhead crane and the chain fall resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-01-22	Hartford	Connecticut	Granite City Electric Supply, Inc.	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
On January 22, 2019, an employee was walking up exterior stairs that were icy when he fell and hit his head on the stairs. He was hospitalized with head injuries.
2019-01-09	New Hartford	New York	Omnicare of NY	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 1/09/2019, an employee tripped over a floor mat under a chair and fell breaking her tibia in five places.
2018-08-23	Hartford	Connecticut	Sandalwood Management, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
On August 23, 2018, an employee was attempting to repair a drain snake that was turned off. His little finger got tangled in the line and the tip was amputated.
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.
2018-06-07	New Hartford	New York	Sherman Construction Inc.	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting open a bundle of wooden studs with a knife and severed an artery in his left wrist resulting in hospitalization.
2018-05-29	Hartford	Wisconsin	Walmart 5463	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was stocking shelves and suffered a heart attack. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-05-24	Hartford	Wisconsin	Steel-Craft Corp. of Hartford	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning the rollers on a running rolling machine with a rag when their right hand was caught between two rollers causing a laceration and abrasion to the right hand.
2018-05-09	Hartford	Connecticut	Baystate Contracting Services, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was removing transite panels on a construction site when he lost his balance and fell 4.5 feet to the ground. His left ankle struck a small pile of brick rubble. He was hospitalized with a possible broken ankle and abrasions to the left forearm. A lanyard was not connected at the time of the incident.
2018-01-26	West Hartford	Connecticut	Saint Mary Home, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was repositioning a resident onto a patient lift pad with another employee when she experienced back pain and could not move. She was hospitalized.
2018-01-17	West Hartford	Connecticut	Triumph Engine Control Systems	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking into work after parking his car when he slipped on ice/fresh snow and fell to the pavement. He fractured his hip and was hospitalized.
2017-10-16	Hartford	Connecticut	SMG Services, LLC	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending a 6-foot step ladder and missed a step. The employee then fell and suffered a hip fracture, requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-05	Hartford	Wisconsin	Hartford Finishing, Inc.	Head	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was vacuuming water out of a part when the part swung and struck his head, lacerating it.
2017-09-22	Hartford	Connecticut	ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to remove lodged scrap from an in-feed conveyor when his fingers/hand were pulled into a nip point between the head pulley and the conveyor belt, amputating his left lower arm.
2017-07-21	West Hartford	Connecticut	COMCAST OF CONNECTICUT/GEORGIA/MASSACHUSETTS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/NEW YORK/NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA/VERMONT,	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was climbing a ladder to complete a service call. A bolt holding the cable to an adjacent utility pole fell out of the pole, causing slack in the cable. As a result, the ladder bounced and the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. He suffered possible fractured vertebrae.
2017-05-30	Hartford	Connecticut	U.S. Postal Service	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was crossing a pit aisle. She did not see a forklift and walked into it, fracturing her right foot.
2017-05-12	West Hartford	Connecticut	P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
On Friday, May 12, 2017, at approximately 10:00 p.m., an employee of the restaurant was walking out of the manager's office when his right little finger was caught in the doorframe on the hinge side, amputating the soft tissue of the right little fingertip.
2017-05-03	Hartford	Connecticut	Blast All, Inc.	Upper extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was vacuuming steel grit using a 4" vacuum hose when the employee's arm up to the bicep was suctioned into the hose. The employee suffered extensive swelling and required surgery.
2017-04-27	Hartford	Connecticut	Block By Block	Skull	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
On April 27, 2017, an employee and a coworker were working on a street corner when two men assaulted them. The employee suffered a skull fracture and required hospitalization.
2017-04-15	Hartford	Wisconsin	Integrity Environmetal Services, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was performing demolition work. He opened a large heat treating oven door. When he opened the door, a piece of metal fell from atop the door and struck the employee's left arm causing a laceration to the arm.
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.
2017-03-23	Hartford	Connecticut	Crossmark, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While descending a step ladder, an employee missed the bottom step and fell to the floor, fracturing the left tibia and fibula and requiring surgery.
2017-02-23	Hartford	Connecticut	Hartford Stage Company, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee exited the stage and was walking toward the dressing room when she missed a step and fell to the floor, dislocating her shoulder and breaking her arm.
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.
2016-08-15	Hartford	Wisconsin	Quad/Graphics, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While trying to manually rotate a forms shaft, an employee slipped and fell, breaking a finger and requiring stitches.
2016-06-16	Hartford	Connecticut	Jarosz Welding Co. Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in collapsing structure, equipment, or material, n.e.c.
An employee was checking piece numbers on structural steel beams that were stacked one on top of another when a piece of cribbing broke and collapsed the stack of beams. The employee could not get out of the way fast enough and the collapsing steel fell on his leg, pinning it under the beams. He was hospitalized with a broken/fractured right leg.
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.
2016-04-12	Hartford	Illinois	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a horizontal milling machine to cut a cap for an engine when the employee's right hand was amputated.
2016-02-08	Hartford	Connecticut	HARTFORD HOSPITAL	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was mopping a floor on February 8, 2016, when she slipped and fell injuring her right side and ribs.
2015-12-03	Hartford	South Dakota	Central States Manufacturing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee attempted to retrieve a small strip of scrap metal behind the shears. The employee's foot actuated the machine via the treadle while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation, amputating the right middle fingertip.
2015-10-05	Hartford	Wisconsin	Signicast, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using a hoist to transfer a heat treat basket which was approximately 3 ft. by 4 ft. long from a staging rack to a conveyor. The basket was loaded with castings that go into the heat treat operation. The employee detached the hoist and noticed the basket wasn't sitting flat on the cart. As she manipulated the basket her right middle finger was pinched between the basket and the conveyor resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip with loss of fingernail and subsequent re
2015-09-18	Hartford	Connecticut	Conn Acoustics Inc.	Forearm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was installing metal framing in a scissor lift approximately 25 feet above the ground. A piece of metal that was being installed started to fall out of the lift and the employee went to grab it and severely cut his forearm.
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.
2015-07-10	Hartford	Connecticut	The Connecticut Institute for the Blind	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On July 10, 2015, an employee was reaching for a box of bags in the storage room. She tripped on a box and fell to the floor below, sustaining a concussion and injury to the left arm and hand. She was hospitalized.
2015-05-20	Hartford	Michigan	U.S. Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing a cash drawer from the safe. Her right hand was on top of the safe; when the safe door was shut, it took the top portion of her right middle finger off.
2015-04-29	Hartford	South Dakota	Novak Sanitary Service	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee sustained an amputated right little fingertip (1/2 inch) while opening the door to a 30 yard roll off dumpster.
2015-04-13	Hartford	South Dakota	Central States Manufacturing	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On April 13, 2015, an employee suffered an amputation to his left thumb tip when he placed it in a roll form metal bender machine at 2010 North Western Avenue in Hartford, South Dakota.
2015-03-31	Hartford	Wisconsin	Quad Graphics	Multiple face locations	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was riding a three-wheel trike through the plant when he struck a forklift. He sustained a fracture to the face at the cheekbone and temple. He also sustained small cuts on his shoulder and hand and was hospitalized overnight.
2015-03-18	Hartford	Wisconsin	Pallet USA, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
A maintenance employee was inspecting an oil leak on a yard truck used to pull trailers. The employee placed their body under the truck by lying on the ground. The employee asked another employee to start the truck; when the truck started, it rolled and pinned the employee between the ground and one of the truck tires. The employee was hospitalized.