Severe Workplace Injuries in Bloomfield, Connecticut

Apr 22, 2025 · Otis Elevator Hospitalized

An employee tripped on a carpet runner and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a left hip fracture.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 4, 2024 · Windsor Sanitation, Inc. Hospitalized

On December 4, 2024, an employee was using a ladder to climb onto a truck when he fell to the ground and was struck by a piece of metal. He was hospitalized with a head contusion, brain bleed, broken ribs, and a broken shoulder.

Other fall to lower level · Brain · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1795429

Jun 3, 2024 · CBRE Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was ascending a ladder to access wiring on top of a chiller unit when they fell to the ground. The employee sustained internal bleeding near their hip and a broken rib.

Other fall to lower level · Rib(s), oblique area · Real estate and rental

Jan 19, 2024 · FS Staffing, LLC Amputation

On January 19, 2024, an employee was operating a motorized pallet jack and was passing another employee on a pallet jack. The employee's pallet jack struck the pallet on the other vehicle. As the employee went to move to the left, the vehicle struck the bumper guard on the floor and the employee's left foot was crushed. Three of the employee's toes were amputated and two were fractured.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Apr 10, 2023 · Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was working on a vehicle line when he began feeling dizzy and fell to the floor, sustaining a head laceration.

Fall on same level (other) · Head · Manufacturing

Dec 30, 2022 · FS Staffing Hospitalized

A temporary employee was throwing garbage into a container of a truck when the driver pulled away from the loading dock. The employee fell from the dock and sustained fractures to the face, right arm, right hand, and a right shoulder contusion.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jul 28, 2022 · Tilcon Connecticut, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was climbing down a ladder attached to a concrete truck. He fell, landing on the ground and suffering a broken femur. He was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Thigh(s) · Construction

Jul 27, 2022 · Wood Group Pratt & Whitney Industrial Turbine Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking around a trailer. He fell to the ground, suffering a broken left hip.

Fall on same level · Hip(s) · Other services

Mar 8, 2022 · ITW Converted Products Amputation

An employee was putting material into position for processing. The employee's hand was caught in the nip point of a rotating piece of equipment. At least one of the employee's fingers was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1583152

Jan 25, 2022 · Galeano Contractor, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was engaged in framing activities and was putting a pre-framed wall panel into position. The employee fell 36 feet to the frozen ground below, suffering lower back fractures.

Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Lumbar region · Construction · OSHA inspection 1574958

Apr 13, 2021 · Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. Amputation

An employee was helping the operator of an assembly stand. The machine was engaged and the stand amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1528319

Dec 3, 2020 · Fox Pest Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was on a roof performing work using a wedge-shaped cushion. The cushion slid and the employee fell from the roof to the ground below, sustaining fractured vertebrae.

Other fall to lower level · Nonclassifiable · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1505141

Oct 7, 2020 · HOMEGOODS DISTRIBUTION CENTER Hospitalized

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when it struck a pallet stop. The employee's left foot was lacerated.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Retail

Feb 24, 2020 · Pepperidge farm, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was on a 7-step rolling staircase to clear a jam on the overhead conveyor. While clearing the jam, the staircase shifted and the employee lost balance and fell over the railing onto the ground causing a partial collapse of the right lung.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Feb 6, 2020 · Accurate Personnel Hospitalized

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to move inventory. His foot was pinned between the pallet jack and a pallet.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Dec 24, 2019 · C Ward Electric, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was clearing a roof to install solar modules when he slipped and fell to the ground 10 feet below, fracturing a vertebra in his back.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction · OSHA inspection 1453642

Oct 28, 2019 · World Class Distribution Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a powered lift truck when his left foot was crushed between a bollard and the lift truck, requiring hospitalization.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Wholesale trade

Oct 22, 2019 · Becon, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a tarp to cover an overbleed stack. He slipped on the tarp and fell, landing on a solid metal surface and breaking his pelvis.

Other fall to lower level · Pelvis · Manufacturing

Apr 9, 2019 · Baystate Pool Supplies Hospitalized

On April 9, 2019, an employee had just gotten off his fork truck when it rolled back onto him, pinning him to the floor and fracturing his pelvis. The emergency brake was not set at the time of the incident.

Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Pelvis · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1391927

Feb 4, 2019 · CIGNA Hospitalized

An employee was walking to his car in the company parking lot and fell. The employee suffered a possible concussion and loss of teeth.

Fall on same level · Tooth (teeth) · Finance and insurance

Oct 29, 2018 · The TJX Companies Hospitalized

Two forklifts were traveling in the same direction. The operator of the first forklift realized he had gone too far and stopped to turn around. When he started to turn, one of the forks struck the employee who was operating the second forklift in the left foot, causing a possible fracture to the foot/toe.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle (other) · Multiple foot (feet) locations · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 26, 2018 · Otis Elevator Hospitalized

On September 26, 2018, an employee became ill after being exposed to Legionella bacteria in the building's HVAC system, requiring hospitalization.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing

Sep 7, 2018 · Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. Hospitalized

On September 7, 2018, an employee fell from a 6-foot step ladder while cutting wiring in a test unit, suffering a fractured skull, broken ribs, and a back injury that required hospitalization.

Other fall to lower level · Head and trunk · Retail

May 22, 2018 · Home Goods Distribution Center Hospitalized

On May 22, 2018, an employee slipped on the bathroom floor and injured her back while trying to prevent the fall. She was hospitalized.

Slip without fall · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Transportation and warehousing

May 16, 2018 · Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Amputation

On May 16, 2018, an employee was cutting a piece of stainless steel on a shear in the maintenance shop when two of his left-hand fingertips were caught in the shear point. One finger lost a fingernail and some flesh, while the second lost flesh.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1316490

Apr 25, 2018 · Empiire Paving, INC Hospitalized

An employee slipped and fell while exiting an excavator, suffering head, face, and hand contusions.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Feb 3, 2018 · Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. Amputation

An employee was operating a pneumatic assembly press when the PLC programming did not activate the anti-repeat/anti-tie down feature and the press cycled. The assembly press ram/tooling then amputated the employee's left index finger at the second knuckle.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Nov 6, 2017 · Home Goods Distribution Center Hospitalized

While operating a forklift in a warehouse, an employee's left ankle was struck by another employee driving a forklift. The employee suffered a broken foot/ankle.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Foot (feet) and ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jun 10, 2017 · Wintonbury Hills Golf Management LLC Hospitalized

An employee flipped over a beverage cart and broke her ankle.

Fall on same level · Ankle(s) · Arts, entertainment and recreation

Nov 13, 2015 · Home Goods Distribution Center Hospitalized

On Friday, November 13, 2015, an employee was moving a wooden pallet when he got a splinter in the palm of his right hand. He was later hospitalized when the splinter became infected.

Struck against stationary object or equipment (other) · Hand(s), except finger(s) · Transportation and warehousing