Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-05-06	New London	Wi	Welter Forest Products, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was writing information on a pack of lumber as it was moving down the chain and was caught between a lumber pack and the garage door rail. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic injury to the abdomen.
2020-07-20	New London	Wisconsin	Steel King Industries, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee sustained amputation, crushing, and laceration injuries to his right hand while setting up a roll form machine.
2020-05-05	New London	Connecticut	Marjam Supply Company, Inc.	Scalp	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was using a forklift to offload drywall. While sitting in the forklift, the forklift became unbalanced causing him to hit his head on the top rail, suffering a contusion to the top of his head.
2019-06-13	New London	New Hampshir	Lauridsen Auto Body, Inc.	Eye(s)	Injured by handheld object or equipment
An employee was putting a bumper on a car that was on a lift at eye level when a hand tool slipped and struck the employee's eye, lacerating it.
2018-07-12	New London	New Hampshir	Foster's Professional Painting Plus, LLC	Foot (feet)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee fell down an unmarked elevator shaft, breaking his foot.
2017-02-15	New London	Connecticut	Thames Shipyard & Repair Co., Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 15, 2017, an employee was working cables for dry dock spray curtains with a capstan. His left index finger was caught in the cable where it meets the drum, amputating his fingertip.
2016-01-25	New London	Connecticut	Girard Toyota BMW	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
At approximately 8:50 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2016, an employee slipped on ice on the parking lot and fell. He struck his head on the pavement and was hospitalized with a concussion.
2015-09-17	New London	Wisconsin	Steel King Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was standing on a movable machine bed. The employee reached up to grab a rail and caught her hand in a shear point between a bearing block and the machine frame. Her right hand pinky and ring fingers were amputated to approximately the second joint.
2015-05-29	New London	Connecticut	Sheffield Pharmaceuticals	Skull	Other fall to lower level
An employee was attending training and started feeling queasy/lightheaded during the module on blood-borne pathogens. He left the room and sat in the northeast stairway. A short time later, he fell down the stairs and was found unconscious on the landing below by a coworker. His coworker woke him up and asked if he was okay. The injured employee stated that he was okay, just tired. He was later hospitalized for a skull fracture and concussion.
2015-04-29	New London	New Hampshir	C.W. Ostrom Builders, LLC	Multiple pelvic region locations	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was dismantling a scaffold when he fell 12 feet. He broke his left hip and pelvis.
2015-02-22	New London	Connecticut	PSA Healthcare	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
On February 22, 2015, an employee working for a home healthcare service was going up an icy set of stairs, slipped, and fell. The employee injured her neck, shoulders, and both thighs. Employee was hospitalized.
2015-01-29	New London	Wisconsin	Steel King Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On 1/29/15, an employee amputated the tip of the right middle finger. The load on a forklift struck the load on a cart the employee was holding, which pinched the employee's finger between the cart and the load.