Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-02-25	New Britain	Ct	Integro, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was testing a cable assembly that had just been molded. Live cables shocked his left hand, and he was hospitalized.
2020-10-06	New Britain	Ct	Creed-Monarch, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee had been disposing of scrap bar and fell into the well of a receiving dock. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a fractured clavicle, and a punctured lung.
2019-08-16	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was leaving a truck at the end of his shift. As he climbed down the stairs built into the tailgate, he slipped, hit his forehead on the truck (suffering a forehead laceration that required stitches), and then fell backwards to the ground, breaking his left wrist.
2019-06-11	New Britain	Connecticut	Plimpton and Hills	Elbow(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
On June 11, 2019, an employee fell 14 feet down a freight elevator shaft and suffered a broken elbow.
2019-05-30	New Britain	Connecticut	Creed Monarch, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a water tank. Their finger was in a hole in the handle when the water tank struck the barrier protecting the electrical panels and removed the fingertip.
2019-04-02	New Britain	Connecticut	Creed Monarch Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding material into a machine when the employee's left pinky finger was pinched between the material and the machine, resulting in a partial left pinky finger amputation.
2019-02-22	New Britain	Connecticut	Hospital for Special Care	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 22, 2019, an employee slipped on an ice patch in a parking lot and fell, hitting his head and breaking a finger. He was hospitalized, suffering from a subdural bleed.
2019-02-22	New Britain	Connecticut	Creed-Monarch, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee got two metal chips imbedded into his toe. The toe was surgically amputated.
2019-02-14	New Britain	Connecticut	U.S. Postal Service	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A mail carrier slipped while walking across a snow-/ice-covered lawn. He fell to the ground, breaking his shoulder.
2019-01-24	New Britain	Connecticut	Stanley Black & Decker	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped while walking up stairs, falling down the stairs and suffering a broken arm/elbow.
2019-01-05	New Britain	Connecticut	Ocean State Job Lot	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a stepladder, pulling product down from a shelf, when she lost her balance and fell backwards. She broke her right leg and was hospitalized.
2018-08-16	New Britain	Connecticut	Michael's Store #6762	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On August 16, 2018, an employee was moving garbage bags near a dumpster when a waste hauler truck pushed the dumpster onto the employee's right foot. She suffered severe injuries to her foot that required surgery.
2017-07-12	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was hospitalized after a stack of slip sheets fell and hit his right leg, fracturing it.
2017-06-06	New Britain	Connecticut	Creed-Monarch, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing a part from a spark changer tool when her hand was caught in the tool's rotating platform, breaking three fingers and tearing skin off the back of her right hand. She was hospitalized.
2017-03-24	New Britain	Connecticut	Rich Products Corporation	Eye(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee stepped underneath a coat hanger while reaching for an article of clothing and walked into a wall-mounted clothing hook, hitting and dislodging his left eye.
2017-03-17	New Britain	Connecticut	Advance Auto Parts Store	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stocking the shelves using a rolling step ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and was admitted to the hospital for head trauma.
2017-02-12	New Britain	Connecticut	Hospital for Special Care	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while clearing snow, fracturing his ankle and requiring surgery.
2017-02-09	New Britain	Connecticut	Creed Monarch, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was de-burring a machine part when the employee's right fingertip contacted the machine and was amputated.
2016-09-22	New Britain	Connecticut	Stanley Black & Decker	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell to the ground while walking to the building, breaking her right arm.
2016-08-03	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was caught between the load bar of a trailer truck and a stack of plastic dairy cases, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization.
2016-02-11	New Britain	Connecticut	Michael's Stores, Inc./Store #6762	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While walking by truck pallets, an employee tripped over plastic wrap and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken hip from impact with the floor.
2015-03-19	New Britain	Connecticut	Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a fractured wrist injury and was admitted to the hospital.