Severe Workplace Injuries in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Sep 26, 2025 · Win Waste Innovations Amputation

An employee was on a ladder, adjusting the upper limit switch for an ash expeller. He slipped off the ladder and his left ring finger was caught between the expeller piping and the moving ram cylinder, resulting in a finger fracture and an amputated fingertip.

Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Mar 14, 2025 · St. Vincent's Medical Center - Hartford Healthcare Hospitalized

An employee developed shooting pain up and down both legs and the back while bending over to remove restraints from a patient. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from a herniated disk with cauda equina syndrome.

Twisting, reaching, bending · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back · Health care and social assistance

Dec 5, 2024 · O & G Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was repairing a damaged load cover on a triaxle dump truck in which the right side of the load cover assembly was not raising up. The employee manually pushed up on the cylinder arm of the assembly, but the roller bar was stuck against two screws at the top of the tailgate. While standing on an 8-foot step ladder, the employee released the roller bar, causing it to rapidly spin due to spring tension inside the bar. The roller bar struck the employee's hand, crushing and lacerating his right index, middle, and ring fingers.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction

Sep 16, 2024 · Feroleto Steel Company, Inc. Amputation

An employee was deburring a piece of steel on a machine when their right little finger was caught between the steel piece and the guide wheel or rewind drum on the machine resulting in a partial amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jun 12, 2024 · New England Pest Control, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was applying pesticide at a property and sustained dog bites on the arm and leg.

Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jan 19, 2024 · XPO Hospitalized

An employee was walking in a parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee suffered fractures to the tibia, fibula, and metatarsal bones.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Foot(feet) and leg(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 29, 2023 · Freehold Cartage Inc Hospitalized

An employee was sitting in the cab of the truck while waste oxidizer was being offloaded. The waste reacted with the receiving tank and an explosion occurred in the tank. Fire traveled through the hose to the tanker truck, causing it to explode. The employee jumped from the burning truck and was hospitalized with burns to his face, chest, and arms.

Explosion (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1718750

Aug 6, 2022 · The Jewish Home For The Elderly of Fairfield County, Inc. Hospitalized

A pergola fell onto an employee resulting in loose teeth and fractures to their nose, leg, and ankle.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Multiple body parts (other) · Health care and social assistance

May 17, 2022 · Architectural Stone, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was washing brick with a cleaning chemical containing hydrofluoric acid. The chemical penetrated his glove and burned his right hand.

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Hand(s) · Professional and technical services · OSHA inspection 1596882

Jan 18, 2022 · The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company Hospitalized

On January 18, 2022, an employee was stepping out of an elevator when they fell 18 inches from the elevator to the outer floor surface. The elevator did not stop evenly with the outer floor surface. The employee sustained fractures to the left knee and shoulder and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Upper and lower limb(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1574741

Jan 12, 2022 · Stop & Shop Hospitalized

An employee suffered a heart attack while performing work tasks.

Nonclassifiable · Heart · Retail

Nov 13, 2021 · C & W Services Hospitalized

Two employees had just finished placing signs on a sidewalk. A vehicle jumped the curb and struck both employees. Both were hospitalized; one suffered fractures in the hand, elbow, fingers, and lower back, as well as a shoulder injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Multiple body parts (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Nov 11, 2021 · ST. VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER Amputation

An employee was using a microtome to prepare slides for staining. The microtome blade lacerated the employee's left index finger, resulting in the amputation of part of the fingertip (without bone loss).

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Health care and social assistance

Aug 29, 2021 · Cantina Hospitality LLC Hospitalized

An employee was taking food out of a rethermalizer and putting it into bins when hot water got into her gloves causing second degree burns to her left forearm.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Forearm(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Dec 29, 2020 · SVMC Holdings, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee tripped over a floor mat and fell to the floor, resulting in broken ribs.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Health care and social assistance

Mar 12, 2020 · Hogan Dedicated Services, LLC Hospitalized

While entering his tractor trailer on the driver's side, an employee felt a pop in his lower back. He did not slip or fall. After driving for one hour, the driver's seat came out of locked position and he sustained pain in the lower back.

Boarding, alighting-excluding slip, trip, fall-single episode · Lumbar region · Transportation and warehousing

Jan 9, 2020 · Saint Vincent's Medical Center Hospitalized

An employee was performing housekeeping duties when she was exposed to the smell of perfume, causing her to experience shortness of breath and an asthma attack. She was hospitalized.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Health care and social assistance

Dec 11, 2019 · Chemical Abuse Services Agency Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning the stairs with water and bleach. The employee slipped on the wet floor, tripped and fell down the stairs from the first floor to the basement. The employee sustained a fracture requiring surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Nonclassifiable · Health care and social assistance

Jan 30, 2019 · Feroleto Steel Company, Inc. Amputation

An employee was inspecting a slitting machine after set-up by using his right hand to check the tension on the roll bar. His cut-resistant gloves became caught in the tooling ring and pulled his fingers into the rings, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1375539

Sep 26, 2018 · Yale New Haven Health System Hospitalized

On September 26, 2018 an employee had been performing housekeeping duties and working with cleaners and/or chemicals when she fainted and fell to the floor, suffering abrasions on her head and the bridge of her nose. She was hospitalized.

Fall on same level (other) · Multiple head locations · Health care and social assistance

Aug 6, 2018 · Feroleto Steel Company Inc Hospitalized

An employee was climbing into his truck cab when he lost his balance and slipped on the second step, twisting his knee and requiring hospitalization.

Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Knee(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 25, 2018 · We Transport LLC Hospitalized

An employee was working on the brakes of a school bus using needle nose pliers. The plier slipped and impaled the employee's right eye.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Eye(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1334741

Jul 3, 2018 · Park City Packaging, Inc. Amputation

An employee's hand was caught in a machine's chain and sprocket, amputating two fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1327964

Mar 23, 2018 · Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was performing a change-over of the web lead at a press machine when the employee's left arm was caught between the machine's drive/drag roller and the slitter roller, resulting in arm bruises.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Arm(s) · Information · OSHA inspection 1305426

Jul 25, 2017 · Lamar Central Outdoor, LLC Hospitalized

On July 25, 2017, an employee was walking on a flat roof when the roof gave in and the employee fell approximately 13 feet to the floor below, suffering L1 and L2 vertebrae compression fractures.

Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Lumbar region · Professional and technical services

Mar 31, 2017 · Ruan Transportation, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was unstrapping a tarped load on a flatbed trailer when the tarp became caught on the load. At the time of the incident, it was raining heavily. He was attempting to remove the wet tarp when he slipped on it and fell from the trailer, injuring his back.

Other fall to lower level · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Transportation and warehousing

Mar 9, 2017 · All American Waste, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to open the door to a 30 yard cardboard container and lost control of the door handle after removing the locking pin. Due to the nature of the door closing mechanism (a locking fulcrum) the door handle to these types of containers can have some tension on it when opening. The container wall struck the employee resulting in blunt force trauma to his left cheek/eye socket and a broken nose.

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Apr 26, 2016 · Saint Vincent's Medical Center Hospitalized

An employee tripped and fell over an extension cord in the office, suffering a fractured hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance

Mar 2, 2016 · North American Industrial Services Amputation

An employee was part of a crew performing work during the temporary shutdown of a boiler. He was raising a wash beam from inside the boiler by using an electric powered winch. He was operating the pendant controls of the winch and raising the beam. While raising the beam, his right hand was on the cable of the winch. The spool of the winch caught his glove, causing his hand to became caught in the winch. He pulled his hand back, amputating his right ring fingertip just below the nailbed.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jan 20, 2016 · Northeast Interior Systems Inc. Amputation

An employee was cutting wood on a table saw and amputated his thumb.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Construction