| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | Norwalk | Ct | United Parcel Services | Wrist(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using a shepherd's hook to dislodge packages that were jammed in a chute. The employee's hand and wrist were trapped between a package and the side panel. The employee suffered a sprained wrist. | |||||
| 2021-02-19 | Norwalk | Ct | Bank of America | Hand(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was closing a vault door. The door caught and severely lacerated her hand. | |||||
| 2021-01-15 | Norwalk | Oh | Borgers Ohio, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On January 15, 2021, an employee was pushing a bed plate (for a textile production line's needle loom) into place. The bed slid in quickly, and his finger was caught in a shear point between it and a mounting bracket. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2020-10-16 | Norwalk | Ct | CTRE, LLC | Multiple head locations | Fall on same level |
| On October 16, 2020, an employee was walking towards the kitchen at a customer's house when she fell and struck her head. The employee suffered a concussion and lost teeth. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-04 | Norwalk | Ct | Johnson Controls | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A Johnson Controls employee was working on a rooftop HVAC unit. A gust of wind blew the unit's door closed on his right middle finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-01-09 | Norwalk | Ohio | Norwalk Precast Molds, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 9, 2020, an employee was putting a product in a bandsaw when the bandsaw's clamp pinched the employee's left middle finger against the product. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-07-29 | Norwalk | Ohio | New Horizons Baking Company | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was packing muffins into containers and felt ill. She was hospitalized with heat exhaustion/dehydration. | |||||
| 2018-06-26 | Norwalk | Ohio | Lakeside Interior Contractors, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On June 26, 2018, an employee suffered a broken wrist after falling 5 feet from a scaffold to the floor while reaching to apply insulation in a ceiling joist. | |||||
| 2018-04-24 | Norwalk | Ohio | American Excelsior Company | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On April 24, 2018, an employee was attempting to unjam a blanket machine when another employee operated the machine, which then lowered a metal bar on the first employee's arm. The employee's arm was crushed. | |||||
| 2017-05-03 | Norwalk | Connecticut | Frontier Communications | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| On May 3, 2017, an employee was walking and carrying equipment when he fell into depressed, uneven pavement. He broke his ribs and collarbone, injured his arm, and suffered a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2017-01-12 | Norwalk | Connecticut | DS Property Preservation, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell through a hole in the second floor and suffered broken bones, lacerations, and contusions. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Norwalk | Connecticut | Anchor Insulation, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was installing attic insulation and fell from a ceiling joist that was not properly nailed in place. The employee fractured their wrist. | |||||
| 2016-07-22 | Norwalk | Wisconsin | Brickl Bros., Inc | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was struck by a steel column and suffered a broken scapula. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Norwalk | Wisconsin | VPP Group LLC | Wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was reaching for a liver on a conveyor-type table when his right wrist was lacerated by the knife he was holding. The laceration became infected and required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-01-18 | Norwalk | Ohio | David Price Metal Services, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On or about January 18, 2016, an employee was assisting a truck driver with a trailer tarp when the employee lost his balance while standing on the side of the trailer and fell 2.5 feet to the ground fracturing the right leg. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Norwalk | Ohio | Norwalk Concrete Industries, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about August 27, 2015, an employee suffered the amputation all four fingertips of the on the left hand. The employee was using a concrete molding machine and in the process of inflating the interior core pinched his/her fingers between the core and the mold. | |||||
| 2015-08-21 | Norwalk | Ohio | Extol of Ohio | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On August 21, 2015, an employee's left-hand middle and index fingertips were amputated by a saw when the employee attempted to adjust the blade. The saw was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2015-07-23 | Norwalk | Ohio | MONROEVILLE INDUSTRIAL MOLDINGS, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On July 23, 2015, an employee fell approximately 5 feet from a machine while performing a mold change and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-12 | Norwalk | Connecticut | Morrison Healthcare Food Services @ Norwalk Hospital | Forearm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| On Friday, June 12, 2015, an employee sustained a puncture/laceration while working the grill in the cafeteria at Norwalk Hospital. The employee was using a boning knife to slice a roll/bread that had not been adequately pre-sliced. He held the roll in his right hand and the knife in his left hand. While attempting to cut the roll, he punctured/lacerated his right forearm. | |||||
| 2015-04-17 | Norwalk | Ohio | BOCA CONSTRUCTION | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 10 feet and broke his right wrist and left forearm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-12 | Norwalk | Ohio | Chaney Roofing and Maintenance | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell off of a one-story metal roof, breaking multiple bones and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | Norwalk | Connecticut | U.S. Postal Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A postal worker delivering the mail slipped on ice at the end of the driveway and fell and breaking his leg. | |||||