Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-19 | Meriden | Ks | Ernest Spencer Metals, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
A baghouse was being moved using dolly carts. A cart got stuck on a crack in concrete; a forklift was used to lift the baghouse while an employee moved to adjust the cart. The baghouse slipped from the forks and crushed the employee's hand against the cart. | |||||
2021-06-13 | Meriden | Ct | Mosaic of Connecticut, Inc. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was carrying a storage bin of clothing down a flight of stairs when he tripped over a shoe that had fallen onto the stairs. The employee fell down the stairs and suffered a ruptured patella tendon in the left knee and a right wrist sprain. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Meriden | Ct | THE MILLER COMPANY | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was using an overhead crane to remove coils from machinery. The coil of metal fell and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs. | |||||
2018-08-20 | Meriden | Connecticut | Bob's Store Warehouse | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
An employee was on a trailer at a loading dock helping to load some bags of merchandise when his foot went into the gap between the dock plate and the bay door, lacerating his left shin on the side of the bumper metal bracket that required stitches. | |||||
2018-08-15 | Meriden | Connecticut | Butler Property Services, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing in the bed of a stationary truck mixing cement with a pail and shovel. He fainted and fell from the truck bed. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion and subdural hematoma. | |||||
2018-08-05 | Meriden | Connecticut | Pediatric Services of America an Aveanna Co. | Lumbar region | Overexertion involving outside sources |
At approximately 4:00 a.m. on 8/5/2018, an employee was repositioning a patient when she felt an intense pain in her lower left back due to a herniated disk. | |||||
2016-03-14 | Meriden | Connecticut | THOMPSON BRANDS LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee amputated the fleshy part of a finger when an automatic feeder malfunctioned. | |||||
2016-02-04 | Meriden | Connecticut | NEW ENGLAND MOTOR FREIGHT, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was picking up steel and dropped a 70lb. piece onto his left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a contusion on the left foot requiring surgery. | |||||
2015-12-09 | Meriden | Kansas | R & S Maintenance Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a hopper when his right index fingertip was pinched between the hopper and the frame and amputated. | |||||
2015-11-25 | Meriden | Connecticut | MidState Medical Center | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was assaulted by a patient on 11/25/15 at 10:20am. During the assault, the patient knelt on the employee's chest. The employee was later hospitalized for a heart attack. | |||||
2015-09-01 | Meriden | Connecticut | MILLER MEMORIAL COMMUNITY, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On 09-01-15, at 01:45 AM, an employee went to retrieve a resident's call light. She tripped and fell over the resident's floor mat and was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-08-06 | Meriden | Connecticut | Ralph Camputaro & Son Excavating, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was admitted to the hospital and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning while working on a school renovation worksite. |