Hartford Connecticut – Machine Injury & Accidents

In Hartford, Connecticut, the number of machinery accidents is on the rise. In fact, it’s one of the top cities in the country per capita for these types of accidents. It’s not clear why this is happening, but there are a few possible explanations. One possibility is that there are more people working with machinery now than ever before. Another possibility is that the machines themselves are becoming more dangerous. Whatever the cause, it’s important to be aware of the risks and take precautions to avoid them.

Manufacturing Companies

Some of Hartford’s most well-known manufacturing companies include

Hyaxiom, Inc.
Times Fiber Communications, Inc.
Whitcraft LLC
Connecticut Container Corp.
Duracell Manufacturing LLC
Scapa Holdings Inc.
Gems Sensors Inc.

CSC Sugar, LLC
Cycling Sports Group, Inc.
EBM-Papst Inc.
2023 Holdings LLC
Suominen US Holding, Inc.
Times Microwave Systems, Inc.
Omega Engineering, Inc.

Machinery Accidents

Since Hartford, CT is home to many businesses and factories, it has also led to numerous machinery accidents in the area. If you have been involved in a machinery accident in Hartford, contact an experienced accident lawyer as soon as possible. This is especially important if you were injured and believe that the equipment was at fault.

Below are reports of recent Hartford machinery accidents that have injured people.

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
12/11/2021	Capital Industrial Group, LLC	East Hartford	Ct	An employee was removing wooden trash from a 12-foot-high platform. He lost his balance and fell to the hard floor, suffering a broken leg and ankle. Fall protection was not worn at the time.	Fractures	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Scaffolds-staging	Floor, n.e.c.
28/10/2021	The Root Center for Advanced Recovery	Hartford	Ct	An employee was retrieving items from a safe when the door of the safe came off its hinges and struck the employee, resulting in a fractured and lacerated arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Furniture and fixtures	Cabinets, cases-display, storage
22/10/2021	Hartford Hospital	Hartford	Ct	An employee was walking through a hospital when they slipped on a wet floor and fell, resulting in a broken leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Liquids
30/09/2021	R.H. White Construction Co., Inc.	West Hartford	Ct	An employee was loading a dump truck using a mini excavator. The employee dumped the load and backed up when the mini excavator tipped over and leaned against a tree. The employee jumped out of the excavator and landed on the ground, resulting in a lower back injury.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Lumbar region	Other jump to lower level	Mini excavators	Ground, n.e.c.
08/09/2021	Trinity Health of New England	Hartford	Ct	A nurse was performing a restraint on a combative patient and sustained a tear to his quadriceps that required surgery.	Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments	Thigh(s)	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional	Patient
09/08/2021	VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT	West Hartford	Ct	A veterinary employee was bitten on the arm by a cat as she restrained it on an exam room table.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Arm(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Cats, felines-domestic
02/04/2021	Signicast LLC	Hartford	Wi	An employee was unjamming a parts elevator when his arm became stuck in the parts elevator. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm.	Fractures	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Material and personnel handling machinery
22/02/2021	The Travelers Indemnity Company	Hartford	Ct	An employee slipped on a wet floor in a building while walking toward the exit. The employee fell, suffering a broken kneecap.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Liquids
05/02/2021	CT Transit	Hartford	Ct	An employee was walking down the stairs on the roof and slipped on ice, resulting in a torn tendon.	Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level	Stairs, steps-outdoors	Ice, sleet, snow
04/02/2021	ST. MARY HOME	West Hartford	Ct	An employee slipped on ice in the parking lot and fell, resulting in an injured left ankle.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Parking lot	Ice, sleet, snow
06/10/2020	United Steel Inc.	East Hartford	Ct	An employee was using a concrete mixer that was attached to a skid steer and amputated the tip of his right index finger.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
28/07/2020	University of Hartford	West Hartford	Connecticut	On July 28, 2020, a technician was investigating a lack of cooling in the HVAC system of a building. He determined there was a refrigerant leak. While showing his supervisor what had been found, the technician opened a 3-phase, 208-volt junction box and sustained electric shock and burns to his hands, resulting in hospitalization.	Electrical burns	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less	Switchboards, switches, fuses
22/07/2020	Har-Conn Chrome Company	West Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was working in the office when they stepped back, tripped over a bag that was on the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a dislocated hip requiring hospitalization.	Dislocation of joints	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Bags, sacks
11/05/2020	Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC	West Hartford	Connecticut	On May 11, 2020, an employee was operating a drill press while wearing a glove. The employee's glove became caught on the rotating chuck, resulting in a thumb amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Drills-stationary	Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
30/03/2020	VCA Veterinary Specialists of CT	West Hartford	Connecticut	A veterinarian was preparing to give an IV injection to a cat. The cat bit the veterinarian's left thumb; the bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other animal bites, nonvenomous	Cats, felines-domestic
25/03/2020	Charter Oak Utility Constructors	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee fell into an electrical vault, landing on a concrete floor about 10 feet below and suffering bruises and sprains.	Sprains	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet	Confined spaces	Floor, n.e.c.
25/03/2020	COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NEW ENGLAND	East Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was trying to unjam a pallet on a conveyor. His right thumb was pinched under the pallet, causing a soft tissue amputation of the thumb tip.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-powered
18/02/2020	Steel-Craft Corp. of Hartford	Hartford	Wisconsin	An employee was using a pipe on the end of an air pressure gun. When the air was activated, the pipe became airborne and hit the employee in the face.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Pipes, ducts, tubing	Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
13/01/2020	Manafort Brothers Incorporated	Hartford	Connecticut	On January 13, 2020, the injured employee made a 3/4 cut into a 7-inch abandoned water pipe. An excavator operator extended the excavator bucket to push down onto the pipe and finish breaking it off. After the pipe broke loose, the excavator operator hooked the cut end of the pipe with one of the bucket's teeth and started to slide the pipe away from underneath the trench box. The pipe popped off the bucket's tooth and struck the injured employee in the leg.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle	Pipes, ducts, tubing	Excavating machinery
08/01/2020	Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was changing into her work uniform in a locker room when she had a suspected allergic reaction to peanuts.	Other or unspecified allergic reactions	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances	Fruits, nuts, vegetables
11/09/2019	Mackenzie Service Corporation	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee fell from a baker's scaffold.	Traumatic injuries and disorders	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level	Scaffolds-self-supporting staging	Nonclassifiable
05/09/2019	Big lots Store #1603	East Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was outside of the store, at the loading dock, receiving a shipment of shopping carts. The carts were packaged on a pallet, handle side down. When the carts were separated, they shifted and pushed the employee off the loading dock. He landed on his left side, striking his shoulder, head, and hip.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Ramps, loading docks, dock plates	Shopping cart, grocery carriage-nonpowered
19/07/2019	Chemical Research Technology	Hartford	Wisconsin	An employee was wrapping a box of shrink wrap using green banding. While moving around the box, the employee slipped on some of the shrink wrap causing him to fall on his right hip. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floor	Plastic wrap
17/07/2019	Crest Mechanical Services, Inc.	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was using a portable band saw to cut threaded rod when the blade cut his left thumb. The employee got an infection that required surgery and antibiotics.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Saws-powered, except chainsaws
04/07/2019	Pratt & Whitney	East Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was bitten by an insect. The bite became infected, and the employee was hospitalized.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Leg(s)	Nonvenomous insect bites	Insects, arachnids, mites
06/06/2019	Imagineers, LLC	Hartford	Connecticut	On June 5, 2019, an employee was installing countertops in an apartment and stepped on a screw that went through the sole of his shoe into the ball of his right foot. The employee was hospitalized to treat an infection.	Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds	Ball(s) of the foot	Stepped on object	Screws
11/05/2019	Crossmark, Inc.	West Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was conducting a food product demonstration. The employee took a bite of the product and had an anaphylactic reaction requiring hospitalization.	Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis	BODY SYSTEMS	Ingestion of harmful substance	Food products
21/02/2019	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Hartford	Illinois	On 2/21/2019, two employees were working to repair/resurface a 120-inch, five blade, four-ton wheel propeller inside the propeller repair shop at a shipyard repair facility. The propeller was just removed from the straightening press and the employees were in the process of moving it over to a floor stand so they could weld it, grind it and apply cosmetic treatment to it. They used an under the hook hoist system to move the propeller over to the floor stand. Once in position, they attempted to p	Fractures	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Vehicle and mobile equipment parts	Material and personnel handling machinery
15/02/2019	Sitrin Healthcare Center	New Hartford	New York	An employee was operating a lift gate on a truck. The lift gate mechanism pinched the employee's left ring finger, causing its amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
08/02/2019	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Hartford	Illinois	An employee was struck by a hatch lid due to over-pressurization of a void tank. This caused the employee to fall approximately 12-14' to the dry dock floor below resulting in broken ribs, a bruised brain and bruised vertebrae.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Water vehicle	Container caps, lids, covers
31/01/2019	AeroCision, LLC	East Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was delivering a pallet of forging material to a vendor. When he opened the rear door of the delivery truck, one piece of material weighing 456 pounds fell off the pallet and landed on him, bruising his arm.	Bruises, contusions	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Parts and materials	Skids, pallets
30/01/2019	NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.	Hartford	Illinois	An employee was attempting to load a shaft onto a flatbed truck using an overhead crane. The pull chain got stuck in the hook on the chain fall. The employee reached up to free the pull chain and his right ring finger was pinched between the chain on the overhead crane and the chain fall resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
22/01/2019	Granite City Electric Supply, Inc.	Hartford	Connecticut	On January 22, 2019, an employee was walking up exterior stairs that were icy when he fell and hit his head on the stairs. He was hospitalized with head injuries.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs	Stairs, steps-outdoors	Ice, sleet, snow
09/01/2019	Omnicare of NY	New Hartford	New York	On 1/09/2019, an employee tripped over a floor mat under a chair and fell breaking her tibia in five places.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Floor coverings- nonstructural
23/08/2018	Sandalwood Management, Inc.	Hartford	Connecticut	On August 23, 2018, an employee was attempting to repair a drain snake that was turned off. His little finger got tangled in the line and the tip was amputated.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment	Augers, plumbing snakes-powered
24/06/2018	Partitions, Inc.	East Hartford	Connecticut	On June 24, 2018, an employee was working in the warehouse to prepare the upcoming week's jobs. He used an extension ladder to try to retrieve a dolly from a box stored on a mezzanine. The ladder slipped out and the employee fell to the floor, breaking his hip and foot. His injuries required surgery and hospitalization.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level	Extension ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
07/06/2018	Sherman Construction Inc.	New Hartford	New York	An employee was cutting open a bundle of wooden studs with a knife and severed an artery in his left wrist resulting in hospitalization.	Cuts, lacerations	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker	Knives
29/05/2018	Walmart 5463	Hartford	Wisconsin	An employee was stocking shelves and suffered a heart attack. The employee was hospitalized.	Myocardial infarction (heart attack)	Heart	Overexertion involving outside sources	Nonclassifiable
24/05/2018	Steel-Craft Corp. of Hartford	Hartford	Wisconsin	An employee was cleaning the rollers on a running rolling machine with a rag when their right hand was caught between two rollers causing a laceration and abrasion to the right hand.	Cuts, lacerations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery	Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
09/05/2018	Baystate Contracting Services, Inc.	Hartford	Connecticut	On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was removing transite panels on a construction site when he lost his balance and fell 4.5 feet to the ground. His left ankle struck a small pile of brick rubble. He was hospitalized with a possible broken ankle and abrasions to the left forearm. A lanyard was not connected at the time of the incident.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Nonclassifiable	Construction debris
26/01/2018	Saint Mary Home, Inc.	West Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was repositioning a resident onto a patient lift pad with another employee when she experienced back pain and could not move. She was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Overexertion involving outside sources	Patient
17/01/2018	Triumph Engine Control Systems	West Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was walking into work after parking his car when he slipped on ice/fresh snow and fell to the pavement. He fractured his hip and was hospitalized.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Parking lot-paved	Ice, sleet, snow
16/10/2017	SMG Services, LLC	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was descending a 6-foot step ladder and missed a step. The employee then fell and suffered a hip fracture, requiring hospitalization.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders
05/10/2017	Hartford Finishing, Inc.	Hartford	Wisconsin	An employee was vacuuming water out of a part when the part swung and struck his head, lacerating it.	Cuts, lacerations	Head	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.	Parts and materials
22/09/2017	ELG Utica Alloys (Hartford), Inc.	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was attempting to remove lodged scrap from an in-feed conveyor when his fingers/hand were pulled into a nip point between the head pulley and the conveyor belt, amputating his left lower arm.	Amputations	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Conveyors-belt
21/07/2017	COMCAST OF CONNECTICUT/GEORGIA/MASSACHUSETTS/NEW HAMPSHIRE/NEW YORK/NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA/VERMONT,	West Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was climbing a ladder to complete a service call. A bolt holding the cable to an adjacent utility pole fell out of the pole, causing slack in the cable. As a result, the ladder bounced and the employee fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. He suffered possible fractured vertebrae.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Movable ladders	Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
30/05/2017	U.S. Postal Service	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was crossing a pit aisle. She did not see a forklift and walked into it, fracturing her right foot.	Fractures	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
12/05/2017	P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.	West Hartford	Connecticut	On Friday, May 12, 2017, at approximately 10:00 p.m., an employee of the restaurant was walking out of the manager's office when his right little finger was caught in the doorframe on the hinge side, amputating the soft tissue of the right little fingertip.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate	Doors, except garage and vehicle
03/05/2017	Blast All, Inc.	Hartford	Connecticut	An employee was vacuuming steel grit using a 4" vacuum hose when the employee's arm up to the bicep was suctioned into the hose. The employee suffered extensive swelling and required surgery.	Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury	Upper extremities	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Vacuum cleaners
27/04/2017	Block By Block	Hartford	Connecticut	On April 27, 2017, an employee and a coworker were working on a street corner when two men assaulted them. The employee suffered a skull fracture and required hospitalization.	Fractures	Skull	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving	Assailant, suspect
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