Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-03-31	South Windsor	Ct	Carla's Pasta, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On March 31, 2021, an employee was driving a pallet jack out of a freezer when her hand was caught between the jack's handle and a rack. She suffering an amputation to a fingertip.
2020-08-31	South Windsor	Ct	Rex Lumber Company, Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
An employee cut the strap on a bundle of lumber and it collapsed on him, breaking his hip. He was hospitalized.
2020-03-19	South Windsor	Connecticut	Carla's Pasta, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a hose to clean a mixer. The hose got pulled into the mixer and as the employee was pulling out the hose, their hand was pulled into the mixer blades. The employee sustained lacerations requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2020-02-19	South Windsor	Connecticut	Vistar of New England	Ankle(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On February 19, 2020, an employee was operating a pallet jack when it crushed his foot between steel shelving uprights. He suffered a broken ankle.
2019-06-18	South Windsor	Connecticut	Vistar New England	Lumbar region	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
On June 18, 2019, an employee was operating a riding pallet jack. She was thrown from the pallet jack and collided with a rack, suffering a lower lumbar fracture. She was hospitalized.
2019-05-01	South Windsor	Connecticut	Hartford Provision Company	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was helping dismantle and transfer dispensing equipment to a van in the parking lot. The employee stumbled and fell from the loading dock to the parking lot surface hitting his head and left shoulder.
2018-09-06	South Windsor	Connecticut	Carla's Pasta, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On September 6, 2018, an employee was drying the conveyor belt from the underside of a machine when his hand made contact with the machine's roller and was pulled into the conveyor, breaking his arm. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-05-14	South Windsor	Connecticut	Massconn Distributors CPL, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was adjusting the clutch of a cake depositor when his left hand slipped and his left middle finger contacted the moving chain, amputating the fingertip.