| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-20 | Naugatuck | Connecticut | CKS Packing Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear what he believed to be a clogged blower chute from the spin trimmer. As he was shaking the chute to clear it, the chute disconnected from the blower unit. He pulled a rolling ladder to the unit and then attempted to reconnect the chute to the blower. His left hand slipped and entered the motor where the impeller blades struck and amputated the fingertips of his index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Naugatuck | Connecticut | Electric Cable Compounds, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was working in the extruder area preforming purging activities when the employee became injured by the material compound and sustained burns to the left side of the face and right wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-25 | Naugatuck | Connecticut | Ferrellgas | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| On June 25, 2018, an employee was using a sling to offload 120-gallon tanks from the back of a truck. He fell from the truck to the ground, sustaining a lumbar compression fracture. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Naugatuck | Connecticut | Electric Cable Compounds, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 30, 2017, an employee was cleaning out/blowing down a rotary airlock when the airlock caught and amputated his left middle and index fingers. The airlock was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident. | |||||