| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-17 | Stratford | Ct | Squan | Upper arm(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee was standing on the back of a bucket truck trying to lift and load a coil of cables into the truck. The employee's right arm got caught between the boom and bucket, pinching his arm and creating an open wound on his upper arm. Surgery was required to repair the injury. | |||||
| 2021-07-01 | Stratford | Ct | Connecticut Distributors, Incorporated | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A powered industrial truck (PIT) operator was speaking to another employee and looked over their right shoulder in order to back up. While backing up, the PIT struck the other employee resulting in fractures, a torn rotator cuff, a crushed right foot, a leg laceration that required stitches, and the loss of the nail on their big toe. | |||||
| 2021-05-01 | Stratford | Tx | Cactus Operating LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating the batcher and mixing feed from the mill office when their left arm was caught in the automatic gate of the machine. The employee sustained a broken left arm and a laceration. | |||||
| 2021-03-29 | Stratford | Wi | Growmark, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a box cutter to strip wire. The box cutter slipped and lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in an infection. | |||||
| 2021-01-26 | Stratford | Ct | Durham School Services, L.P. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was leaning over the side of a dumpster with his upper body inside the dumpster and his legs hanging outside. When he swung himself up from the position to his feet, he lost consciousness and fell to the ground, striking his head on the concrete. The employee suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. | |||||
| 2020-10-11 | Stratford | Ct | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Fall from pedal cycle |
| On October 11, 2020, an employee was commuting to work on his bike. The employee rode over a speed bump on the company property and fell off his bike, sustaining a rib fracture, a scapula fracture, and a spinal compression fracture. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Stratford | Wi | General Shoe Supplies Limited | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a punch press when the press came down on both of the employee's hands. The employee sustained the amputation of three fingers on each hand. | |||||
| 2020-03-12 | Stratford | Texas | Aurora Organic Dairy | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee's left hand was caught in a sprocket as the employee checked a chain. The employee suffered possible finger amputations. | |||||
| 2020-01-29 | Stratford | Connecticut | BURNS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee walked to the edge of a retaining wall to throw a chain rigging onto a flatbed truck. He stepped on the edge of the concrete block retaining wall, slipped, and lost his balance, falling approximately 5 feet and landing between the flatbed truck and the retaining wall. He fractured his right tibia. | |||||
| 2020-01-14 | Stratford | Wisconsin | Stratford Homes LP | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was working on the construction of a wall when the employee tripped on a clamp and fell. The impact of the fall resulted in a broken leg that required surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-18 | Stratford | Connecticut | Sikorsky Aircraft | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was measuring the 4x4 posts of a staircase. The employee was squatting down on the sixth or seventh step from the bottom, with his back facing down the stairs, looking at the condition of the soil under the stairs. While he was doing so, the ball of his foot slipped off the leading edge of the step, causing him to lose his balance and fall backwards to the bottom of the staircase and onto the pavement. He landed on his left side, sustaining contusions to the left hip and left shoulde | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Stratford | Connecticut | Frontier Communciations | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On April 23, 2019, an employee was struck on the head by a falling hose pump. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | Stratford | Connecticut | FedEx Express | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell while walking to a vehicle in the parking lot, suffering a fractured right elbow. | |||||
| 2018-09-20 | Stratford | New Jersey | Aldi Inc. | Lower extremities | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a pallet jack to move pallets when she became caught between the pallet and a racking system, crushing and fracturing her foot or ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-10 | Stratford | Texas | Cactus Operating, LLC | Multiple head locations | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was operating an ATV in dusty, dark conditions when he ran into a pipe. He was thrown from the ATV and hit his head, cracking his skull and fracturing the orbital bones around his eye. A seat belt was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-09-15 | Stratford | Connecticut | Unifirst Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was standing on a ladder to remove an obstruction from a conveyor when the employee slipped and fell off the ladder, striking the conveyor before striking the ground. The employee suffered a broken rib, bruised eye, and finger injury. | |||||
| 2017-05-30 | Stratford | Connecticut | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was standing on a fairing step of a Blackhawk helicopter installing an armored wing. The employee slipped and fell 21.5 inches to the concrete hangar floor resulting in a concussion. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Stratford | Connecticut | SRI Fire Sprinklers, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| After removing a pipe hanger from the ceiling, an employee was descending a fixed ladder when he misstepped and fell 11 feet to the concrete floor, breaking three vertebrae and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-04-07 | Stratford | Texas | Cactus Operating LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning steam rolls and was pulled into the roll area, smashing a hand and amputating three fingertips. | |||||
| 2017-03-10 | Stratford | Connecticut | F.W. Webb | Sole(s) | Stepped on object |
| An employee was unloading material for delivery at a customer loading dock when the employee stepped on a nail puncturing the sole of the foot and chipping a bone. | |||||
| 2016-04-21 | Stratford | Connecticut | MR Stratford Baling, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a machine using a hammer. As he used the hammer to hit the material, his hand struck a metal bar, amputating his right ring finger at the third knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-12-21 | Stratford | Connecticut | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a machine and amputated three fingers. | |||||
| 2015-05-21 | Stratford | Connecticut | SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| On or about May 21, 2015, at approximately 1:15 a.m., an employee was injured when a 4,000-pound cart carrying a helicopter transmission rolled over the employee's foot. The employee sustained a deep laceration, resulting in stitches, and a few fractured toes. | |||||
| 2015-04-30 | Stratford | Connecticut | Tyco Intergrated Security | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| On or about April 30, 2015, an employee was injured while responding to a sales call. | |||||