Severe Workplace Injuries in Groton, Connecticut

Dec 26, 2024 · A/Z Corporation Hospitalized

An employee slipped on ice and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured a leg.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Leg(s) · Construction

Oct 21, 2024 · Pfizer Inc. Amputation

An employee was cleaning a circular table to prepare a rotary tablet press. He was advancing the table with the wheel when the press came down and crushed his right little finger, resulting in an amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1784362

Aug 9, 2024 · ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION Hospitalized

At about 10:30 a.m. on August 9, 2024, an employee tripped over the T-handle of a storage handling cart, which was lying on the ground. The employee fell, suffered a broken left wrist and right arm, and was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Wrist(s) and arm(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 21, 2024 · Electric Boat Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was walking indoors when they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a right hip fracture.

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

Mar 19, 2024 · Electric Boat Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was descending a ladder when they fell 5 feet to the concrete ground and suffered back, hip, and elbow injuries.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 15, 2024 · Electric Boat Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was walking down the corridor on the first level of a submarine when she fell seven feet through an open deck hatch to the floor on the middle level of the submarine, resulting in a left knee injury.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 20, 2024 · Electric Boat Corporation Amputation

An employee was walking on the south pier checking freeze protection drains when they slipped on ice caused by a leaking valve in the vicinity of the drain. The employee fell onto their right side and their finger was cut on something sharp, resulting in amputation of the right index fingertip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 10, 2023 · Life Cycle Engineering Hospitalized

On July 10, 2023, an employee slipped and fell while he was walking through a set of bay doors onto a recently painted floor. It had been raining and the employee suffered a broken hip.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Hip(s) · Professional and technical services

Sep 21, 2022 · General Dynamics Electric Boat Amputation

An employee was working on a milling machine when the milling blade contacted his left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 15, 2022 · Bartol Heating and Cooling, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was charging a new air conditioning unit when a hose broke free and struck him in the face. He suffered lacerations to an eye and an eyebrow.

Struck by object or equipment · Multiple face locations · Construction · OSHA inspection 1640475

Jul 27, 2022 · Electric Boat Corporation Hospitalized

After cleaning the sidewalks on one side of a street, an employee was crossing the street to clean the sidewalk on the other side. A car struck him, and he suffered a head injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway · Brain · Manufacturing

Sep 25, 2021 · General Dynamics Electric Boat Hospitalized

Three employees were working on a high-pressure airline when the hose failed and released air pressurized at 4,000 psi. The ruptured hose struck one of the employees, who suffered a rib fracture, multiple contusions, fractures to the right middle finger, multiple lacerations, and acute hearing loss.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Aug 4, 2021 · GENERAL DYNAMICS, ELECTRIC BOAT DIVISION Hospitalized

An employee was using a company bicycle to travel to a company property when they were struck by a vehicle that was backing out of a driveway, resulting in a fractured leg.

Pedal cycle collision in roadway · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 17, 2020 · ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION Hospitalized

An employee was preparing to perform maintenance on a crane. While climbing down the crane's platform, the employee fell five feet resulting in fractured ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing

Feb 28, 2020 · ELECTRIC BOAT Hospitalized

An employee was shocked by an industrial vacuum cleaner while using it to vacuum blasting grit. The employee was hospitalized.

Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Manufacturing

Dec 10, 2019 · Electric Boat Hospitalized

A 6-foot piece of steel weighing approximately 1,300 pounds was being hoisted, when it slipped from the rigging and fell from approximately 8 feet, striking a machine and then striking an employee in the leg. The employee's leg was fractured.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 20, 2019 · Kohl's Department Store Hospitalized

An employee was scanning boxes as they came off a truck. Her foot slipped between the loading dock and the trailer, and her leg was broken in multiple places.

Fall through surface or existing opening · Leg(s) · Retail

Sep 2, 2019 · Asplundh Tree Expert LLC Amputation

An employee was lifting a log onto a wood chipper when it fell from the wood chipper, struck, and amputated his right middle fingertip.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fingertip(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

May 7, 2019 · Electric Boat Hospitalized

A painter working in the sonar dome of a submarine was power washing in a confined space when they fell three levels (approximately 20 feet) through a 2' x 4' access hole. The employee lost consciousness and suffered a contusion to the back of the head and pneumonia from inhaled water.

Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet · Lung(s), pleura · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1399000

Jan 21, 2019 · ELECTRIC BOAT CORP, A DIV OF GENERAL DYNAMICS CO. Hospitalized

An employee fell while walking on top of a new construction ship due to a cramp in his foot. He sustained a broken hip.

Fall on water vehicle · Hip(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 11, 2018 · Electric Boat Amputation

An employee was adjusting a vice on a drill press table when the device shifted, causing his left pinky finger to become caught between the key slot and the fixture. A chunk of flesh was removed.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 13, 2017 · ARAMARK Amputation

An employee was cutting chicken with a knife when he amputated approximately 1/4" of his left thumb tip.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Feb 9, 2017 · ELECTRIC BOAT Hospitalized

An employee slipped and fell on an icy/snowy ramp while exiting a ship, breaking an ankle and requiring hospitalization.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 12, 2016 · Electric Boat Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was entering a submarine when he slipped on the deck and strained his knee, requiring hospitalization.

Water vehicle incident (other) · Knee(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 6, 2015 · ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION Hospitalized

While using a metal rolling machine to straighten a piece of sheet metal, and employee's glove got caught in one of the rollers, which pulled his hand in. He lost three fingers on his left hand down to the first knuckle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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

Sep 30, 2015 · Electric Boat Hospitalized

At approximately 10:30pm on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, a janitorial employee was walking to a dumpster when he slipped and fell on asphalt next to the dumpster, hurting his leg. The employee was transported to the hospital where he was admitted.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Jul 29, 2015 · Electric Boat Hospitalized

During a fall protection training session, an employee was choked unconscious from the fall protection system.

Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system · Body systems · Manufacturing

Mar 2, 2015 · Electric Boat Corporation Hospitalized

On March 2, 2015, an employee entering his office from outdoors fell and fractured his hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level · Hip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1047512

Feb 23, 2015 · Family Motors, Inc. Hospitalized

Employee was walking from the showroom to the parking lot to deliver a car when he slipped on ice and fractured his right leg.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Leg(s) · Retail