DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-11-02SheltonCtLex Products, LLCFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating an overmold machine. The machine's table moved while the employee's right index finger was in a hole for the mold, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the first joint.
2019-08-06SheltonConnecticutInline Plastics Corp.Leg(s)Nonvenomous insect bites
An employee was bitten on the leg by a spider while cleaning cobwebs and developed an infection.
2018-04-02SheltonConnecticutInline Plastics Corp.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating a table saw when the material kicked back. His hand then contacted the sawblade, amputating his left index finger at the second digit and his middle finger at the first digit. His pinky was also crushed.
2018-03-05SheltonConnecticutColt Builders Corp.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee and three other coworkers were setting a wall panel down on the floor. As the wall was lowered, the employee's finger was caught between the wall and his steel-toed boot. He sustained a traumatic amputation of the tuft of the left third digit.
2017-01-16SheltonConnecticutVCA SHORELINE VETERINARY REFERRAL & EMERGENCY CEN.Ankle(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell breaking the left ankle.
2017-01-11SheltonConnecticutPrecision Resource, Inc. Press RoomFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee amputated a finger while working with a machine.
2015-11-20SheltonConnecticutInline Plastics Corp.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The employee was working with a bench mounted drill press and amputated the right middle finger at the second knuckle.
2015-05-31SheltonConnecticutWhole Life Company Inc.Eye(s)Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
An employee was injured while talking a resident down from a ladder. The individual had secured a butter knife to remove the cover off of a light bulb. The employee was slashed in the eye by the butter knife and required surgery.
2015-01-09SheltonConnecticutConnecticut Institute for the Blind, Inc.NonclassifiableFall on same level due to slipping
On or about January 9, 2015 an employee went to warm up their vehicle and while returning into the facility, slipped on ice.