Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-27 | Plainville | Ct | Alo-Cinema One Installers, Inc. | Coccygeal region | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was installing reinforcing cables to an automated racking system and fell 18 feet from the platform, resulting in a broken tailbone. | |||||
2020-04-01 | Plainville | Massachusett | New England RV Roof | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
A temporary employee was ascending scaffolding when he reached the top rung, slipped, and fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete floor. He fractured both ankles. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Plainville | Massachusett | ARCO National New England, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was helping a delivery driver stabilize a large switchgear on a lift gate. The switchgear shifted and fell off the gate, breaking the employee's ankle. | |||||
2020-01-30 | Plainville | Connecticut | Hygrade Precision Technologies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was changing a grinding wheel when it fell onto his left hand, causing a partial amputation of the left pinky finger. | |||||
2018-06-14 | Plainville | Connecticut | Tremco Roofing & Building Maintenace | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was descending a ladder when it became displaced. The employee then fell from the ladder to the roof and fractured a leg, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-05-19 | Plainville | Connecticut | Modern Woodcrafts, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee's hand slipped while changing a drill chuck, lacerating his left thumb. | |||||
2017-04-10 | Plainville | Massachusett | ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE MINIMIZATION, INC. | Head and trunk | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee walked under a manlift and the manlift struck the employee on the head resulting in a head and back injury. | |||||
2017-01-23 | Plainville | Georgia | Atco Rubber Products, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a packer machine when he attempted to grab a piece of flex duct that was hanging from the back. His right index finger was caught and amputated by the machine, and his middle finger was cut. | |||||
2016-03-21 | Plainville | Kansas | SBA Communications | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Climbing or stepping up or down-repetitive or prolonged |
While climbing a cellular communication tower that was approximately 382 feet aboveground, an employee suffered an upper hernia tear in his abdomen. | |||||
2015-03-06 | Plainville | Massachusett | Pediatric Services of America | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee walking down the ramp at a patient's home slipped and sustained two fractures in the left leg. |