| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-23 | North Haven | Connecticut | UPS | Ankle(s) | Trip over an object without fall |
| On May 23, 2020, a UPS employee was walking out of the rear of a package car and onto the dock when he stepped on a package that had fallen out of his hand. He rolled and broke his ankle, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-09-04 | North Haven | Connecticut | Bozzuto's, Inc | Lower leg(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
| While moving a long fork out of the equipment parking area, an employee's right lower leg was caught and fractured between the long fork and a parked forklift. | |||||
| 2019-05-28 | North Haven | Connecticut | COVIDIEN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a testing machine and cleaning the laser. The machine has a rotating table above a hole where the laser shines through. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the edge of the hole opening and the rotating table when the machine was activated resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-03 | North Haven | Connecticut | Ulbrich Shape Wire | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up a rolling mill. Once he properly sized the wire, he went to cut the nonconforming wire off. At this point, the machine was stopped and he released the tension. He held the loose material in his left hand and went to reach for his snips. As he was holding the material, tension was engaged, he felt a pinch of his left ring finger and instinctively pulled his hand away. As he did so he sustained a partial amputation to his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2018-05-31 | North Haven | Connecticut | Area Cooperative Educational Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
| On 5/31/2018, two employees were holding/restraining a student against a wall. One employee later experienced shortness of breath, abdominal pain, nausea, and neck pain. The employee was hospitalized with a possible aortic tear or aneurism. | |||||
| 2017-02-11 | North Haven | Connecticut | O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was repairing a fixture to hold a shotgun stock when an air clamp actuated and amputated the employee's left ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-02-08 | North Haven | Connecticut | Town Fair Tire | Hand(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a wire wheel to remove corrosion when a filament from the wire wheel flew off and embedded itself in his hand. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-29 | North Haven | Connecticut | SMM New England Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
| On or about September 29, 2016, an employee suffered an injury when he fell outside the office building while walking toward his truck. | |||||
| 2016-03-02 | North Haven | Connecticut | O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was operating a CNC machine. The employee opened the protective door of the machine to clean the chips from the fixture with an air hose. When his hand was close to the spindle area, the cutting tool struck his finger, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-01-05 | North Haven | Connecticut | Medtronic | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to access and repair a piece of air compressor equipment when the ladder kicked off and came in contact with the structural surface. The employee suffered three non-displaced rib fractures and contusions. | |||||
| 2015-07-10 | North Haven | Connecticut | SMM New England Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were working together, replacing hinges and remounting a dump trailer door. After welding the door, they checked the alignment and the weld. The dump trailer door fell off and hit one employee, injuring his shoulder, wrist, and pelvis. | |||||