Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-15 | Southington | Ct | Target | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was descending a track ladder. He fell at the last step, landing on the concrete floor and suffering a broken right arm. | |||||
2021-07-20 | Southington | Ct | Connecticut Lighting Centers | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
On July 20, 2021, an employee was climbing an 8-foot step ladder when he missed a rung and fell to the floor. He was admitted to the hospital for fractured ribs and a back injury. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Southington | Ct | Arc of Southington | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was taking out of the trash at 11:30 p.m. when they slipped on ice on a sidewalk and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a neck injury that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2021-01-06 | Southington | Ct | Eversource Energy | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
A crew was replacing a utility pole when the rope holding communications cable to the pole was cut, causing the pole to fall and strike an employee in the ankle. The employee suffered a fracture to their right ankle. | |||||
2019-01-06 | Southington | Connecticut | Hartford Healthcare | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking into work when she slipped and fell in the parking lot, striking and breaking her elbow on the ground. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-03 | Southington | Connecticut | COMPANION INDUSTRIES INC | Brain | Vehicle struck object or animal on side of roadway |
An employee was driving a delivery van when a tire blew. The employee lost control of the van, which struck a utility pole. Later that day, it was discovered that the employee was suffering from a brain hemorrhage that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-03 | Southington | Connecticut | A. Duie Pyle | Leg(s) | Slip without fall |
An employee was looking for a piece of freight when he slipped, possibly on hydraulic fluid from a forklift, and ruptured a tendon in his leg. | |||||
2017-04-10 | Southington | Connecticut | Hartford Healthcare | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was responding to a code, touched something on a patient's bed and went into anaphylactic shock which triggered a cardiac event. | |||||
2016-06-06 | Southington | Connecticut | Yarde Metals | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was offloading steel when the steel rolled off the forklift and struck the employee's leg, breaking the ankle. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Southington | Connecticut | Hartford HealthCare at Home | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee was leaving a private residence where she had provided home health care and slipped on a snow-covered handicap ramp. Employee was transported to the Hospital of Central Connecticut New Britain Campus where she was admitted and treated for a fractured left ankle. |