| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-09 | Wallingford | Ct | Amazon | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On June 9, 2021, an employee tripped and fell over the edge of a concrete parking lot block stopper. The employee suffered injuries to the head, right elbow, and right wrist and was hospitalized for wrist surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-18 | Wallingford | Ct | Masonicare Health Center | Fingertip(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
| An employee was pulling down a garage-style overhead door. The employee's right hand became tangled in the rope tied to the door handle. The metal door track then lacerated the employee's middle finger, causing a partial fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-03-03 | Wallingford | Ct | NUCOR STEEL CONNECTICUT INC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing routine maintenance on a cold roll steel line when their right ring finger was caught by the machine's guard mechanism resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-08-20 | Wallingford | Ct | Quality Carriers, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell to the concrete ground while stepping out of the cab of his tractor-trailer. The employee sustained a fractured left hip, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2020-01-13 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Fastenal Company | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was up on a work platform removing the cover from an oil filter housing to change out the filters on a furnace when the oil pump continued to push out the oil, which contacted the employee and landed on the hot furnace. The oil then flashed and the employee received second and third degree burns on the left arm, left side of the back, buttocks, and flank area. | |||||
| 2019-09-13 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Infra-Metals, Company | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| On September 13, 2019, at approximately 10:10 p.m., the injured employee offered to help a second employee load three pieces of 20-foot angle onto a trailer using an overhead crane. During the lift, two of the angles became stuck together. The injured employee asked the second employee to further raise the south hoist. As the second employee lifted the angle, the injured employee attempted to release the raised angle from the adjacent angle. When the angles released, the angle being raised relea | |||||
| 2019-05-31 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Infra-Metals Co. | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| At approximately 12:55 a.m., an employee was helping another employee load steel beams onto a tractor trailer. He picked up a beam with an overhead crane using the crane's remote control box. After attempting to maneuver the beam into an open space on the trailer, he determined the beam would not fit because it was too wide. He placed the beam on top of a smaller pile of beams. During this process, the chain holding the load caught the flange of an adjacent beam, tipping both beams and a tube. | |||||
| 2018-01-24 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking back to his patrol vehicle when he slipped and fell on a patch of black ice, suffering back and neck injuries, a concussion, and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2018-01-12 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on spilled coffee in a corridor, fracturing a patella and fibula. | |||||
| 2017-08-09 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Frontier Communication | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee's right index finger was amputated while lifting a transmission jack out of the rear of a company vehicle. | |||||
| 2017-06-23 | Wallingford | Pennsylvania | Wallingford Manor Care | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell from the second rung of a ladder while changing ceiling tiles, fracturing the right ankle. | |||||
| 2017-04-28 | Wallingford | Connecticut | BYK USA, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was transporting two pallets of pails using a swing lift reach truck, which operates on a guidewire system. The pallet load came in contact with a protruding stored pallet, causing the pallet load to slide towards the employee and strike their left leg. They sustained a fractured left tibia. | |||||
| 2016-09-06 | Wallingford | Connecticut | BYK Additives & Instruments | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a sit-down powered industrial lift to retrieve a pallet that contained four 55-gallon drums. When the employee lifted the top pallet, the corner of the pallet broke, causing a 55-gallon drum to fall to the ground and strike another employee on the ground. That employee suffered a fractured right arm and hip, as well as back and neck injuries. | |||||
| 2016-03-19 | Wallingford | Connecticut | F & F Mechanical Enterprises, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee and a coworker were trying to introduce air into a condensate line to empty it. When the employee went to remove a plug from a valve on the condensate line, hot water splashed onto his left shoulder, arm, and back, causing second degree burns. | |||||
| 2016-01-18 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Arnold's Supply Inc. | Head | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was moving supplies on a metal pallet rack. The rack collapsed and struck the employee on the head. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations to the head. | |||||
| 2015-12-08 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Amazon.com | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped, fell, and fractured her hip, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-12-08 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Amazon.com | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped on a plastic pallet and fell to the floor, fracturing her hip. She required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-08-08 | Wallingford | Connecticut | USPS | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by truck at the loading dock resulting in a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-06-01 | Wallingford | Connecticut | NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| On or about June 1, 2015, an employee was injured and hospitalized while performing pipe cleaning duties and tasks. | |||||
| 2015-02-03 | Wallingford | Connecticut | Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was walking in a parking lot and turned quickly to see a salt/sanding truck coming through the lot and slipped on ice. The incident occurred at approximately 10:55 PM as the employee was walking to her car. | |||||