Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-31 | Waterbury | Ct | Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, Limited Partnership | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee climbed up the side of a product rack to retrieve a case of product from the second tier when they fell and landed on their stomach, resulting in a fractured maxillary face bone, a displaced nasal bone, and a fractured left and right arm. | |||||
2021-05-02 | Waterbury | Ct | Jetro Holdings, LLC | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was working in the aisle stocking items when a forklift was leaving the receiving department. The forklift hit the employee in the stock aisle and pinned them against the shelving unit. The employee sustained a broken ankle and a ruptured liver. | |||||
2018-08-09 | Waterbury | Connecticut | U.S. Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Three employees were lowering a desk to the ground when the desk fell, crushing one of the employee's right index fingers between the bottom of the desk and a metal floor-mounted outlet box. As a result, his right index fingertip was amputated between the nail and first knuckle. | |||||
2018-04-18 | Waterbury | Connecticut | C. Folsom Company LLC | Hand(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a roller to roll the asphalt near a handicap post and sign. He pressed the vibration button while moving at around 1 to 2 miles an hour. The roller then drifted to the right, closer to the sign. As he neared the post, his hand was sliced by the sign. | |||||
2018-03-28 | Waterbury | Connecticut | Rent A Center | Jaw, chin | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
An employee lowered a truck lift gate to unloading the trailer at a store. He was pulling a table to the back (end) of the trailer when the table became caught on a stirrup, causing him to trip/fall and strike his jaw. He suffered a fractured jaw and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Waterbury | Connecticut | Luvata Waterbury, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a die stringer machine when his right hand entered the area between the die holder and the capstan. A wire then pulled the employee's middle fingertip, resulting in an amputation. The area between the die holder and the capstan was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-03-09 | Waterbury | Connecticut | I81 Constructors | Heart | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was shoveling snow, went on a break and collapsed from a possible heart attack after returning from the break. | |||||
2017-06-26 | Waterbury | Connecticut | ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL | Leg(s) | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown |
An employee fell and broke a leg after a patient fell on the employee. | |||||
2016-10-22 | Waterbury | Connecticut | Frontier Communications | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level |
While he was descending outdoor concrete stairs at a customer's premises, and the employee's knee gave out. He fell to the ground and tore his left and right quadriceps. | |||||
2016-01-27 | Waterbury | Connecticut | Gem Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's finger was pinned between a machine part and the frame of the machine. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for crushing injuries. | |||||
2015-11-23 | Waterbury | Connecticut | I-84 Constructors J.V. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
On or about 11/23/15, at approximately 10 p.m., an employee walking on the jobsite was struck in the chest by the arm and bucket of an excavator. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised heart. |