Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-16 | Torrington | Ct | USA Hauling & Recycling | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian vehicular incident |
An employee was standing on the side of a truck while putting trash into the truck when he was struck by a vehicle, resulting in a contusion and road rash. | |||||
2020-07-21 | Torrington | Connecticut | O&G INDUSTRIES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum with a bandsaw when he sustained the amputation of approximately 1/2 inch of the right index fingertip. | |||||
2020-02-12 | Torrington | Connecticut | Roll Rite, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
At 8:15 a.m. on February 12, 2020, a Roll-Rite employee was installing a tarp system for a trailer when his left little finger was caught between a cable and a pulley. The fingertip was pinched off. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-01-16 | Torrington | Connecticut | The Arc of Litchfield County | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Trip without fall, n.e.c. |
An employee caught her foot in a pallet and twisted her back resulting in a back hernia that required surgery. | |||||
2016-10-18 | Torrington | Connecticut | Instantwhip Connecticut, Inc | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was making a delivery at a restaurant when he fell out of his truck to the ground, fracturing both wrists and an elbow. | |||||
2016-07-21 | Torrington | Connecticut | Super Stop & Shop, #2604 | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee working in the deli department was slicing meat when his finger slipped and struck the blade of the deli slicer, resulting in a fingertip amputation to the left pinky finger. | |||||
2016-06-25 | Torrington | Connecticut | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee's hand was caught and injured in a laminating machine, requiring hospitalization. |