Severe Workplace Injuries in New Britain, Connecticut
Employers in New Britain reported 30 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through August 2025: 26 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (17% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 8 of them.
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Industries
How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in New Britain since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 211 inspections at New Britain workplaces, and 137 of them (65%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 581 serious, 0 willful and 8 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $922,583.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated School District Of New Britain (planned, details) | 22 (20 serious+) | $2,832 |
| Consolidated School District Of New Britain (planned, details) | 13 (13 serious+) | $1,440 |
| Consolidated School District Of New Britain (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $240 |
| Consolidated School District Of New Britain (planned, details) | 14 (14 serious+) | $1,392 |
| Consolidated School District Of New Britain (planned, details) | 10 (10 serious+) | $1,296 |
| Consolidated School District Of New Britain (planned, details) | 5 (5 serious+) | $672 |
| The Guida-Seibert Dairy Company (complaint, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $11,916 |
| National Shoring LLC (referral, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $13,477 |
| Colossale Siteworks (complaint, details) | 1 | $9,000 |
| Superb Steel LLC (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $2,532 |
| Ct Masons LLC (complaint, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $29,790 |
| Foundation Building Materials, LLC (complaint, details) | 1 | $16,550 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 30 newest severe injury reports from New Britain employers, as OSHA published them.
Aug 29, 2025 · National Shoring LLC Hospitalized
Pile-driving operations were being conducted when a steel I-beam broke loose and fell horizontally. The beam hit an excavator and rolled into an employee who was standing nearby, signaling commands to the excavator operator. The employee's leg was fractured and nearly severed.
Struck by falling object · Leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1847941
Jan 18, 2024 · Pape Electroplating Company, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was moving racks and walking backward when she lost her balance and fell. The employee sustained a hip fracture.
Fall on same level (other) · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing
Jul 29, 2023 · Connecticut Natural Gas Hospitalized
An employee was working outside performing natural gas distribution work. The employee felt weak and lightheaded due to possible heat stress and was hospitalized.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Utilities · OSHA inspection 1690935
Mar 23, 2023 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
A mail carrier tripped over a pipe sticking out of the ground and fell. Her tibia struck a landscaping rock and was broken.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 15, 2022 · CONCENTRA HEALTH SERVICES INC Hospitalized
An employee was performing an EKG on a patient when she started experiencing chest pains. The employee was hospitalized with an asthma attack.
Nonclassifiable · Body systems · Health care and social assistance
Jan 7, 2022 · Creed-Monarch, Inc. Amputation
An employee was feeding a part into the die of a partial-revolution mechanical power press. The press cycled and amputated the employee's left index finger.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1571874
Feb 25, 2021 · Integro, LLC Hospitalized
An employee was testing a cable assembly that had just been molded. Live cables shocked his left hand, and he was hospitalized.
Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1518459
Oct 6, 2020 · Creed-Monarch, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee had been disposing of scrap bar and fell into the well of a receiving dock. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a fractured clavicle, and a punctured lung.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing
Dec 31, 2019 · The Guida-Seibert Dairy Company Hospitalized
On December 31, 2019, an employee was sprayed with hot water/caustic solution when a pipe cap clamp loosened, spraying his back with the cleaning solution in a tank. He sustained first and second degree burns.
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1454108
Aug 16, 2019 · Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was leaving a truck at the end of his shift. As he climbed down the stairs built into the tailgate, he slipped, hit his forehead on the truck (suffering a forehead laceration that required stitches), and then fell backwards to the ground, breaking his left wrist.
Other fall to lower level · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing
May 30, 2019 · Creed Monarch, Inc. Amputation
An employee was moving a water tank. Their finger was in a hole in the handle when the water tank struck the barrier protecting the electrical panels and removed the fingertip.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing
Apr 2, 2019 · Creed Monarch Inc. Amputation
An employee was feeding material into a machine when the employee's left pinky finger was pinched between the material and the machine, resulting in a partial left pinky finger amputation.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Feb 22, 2019 · Creed-Monarch, Inc. Amputation
An employee got two metal chips imbedded into his toe. The toe was surgically amputated.
Contact with objects and equipment · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Manufacturing
Feb 22, 2019 · Hospital for Special Care Hospitalized
On February 22, 2019, an employee slipped on an ice patch in a parking lot and fell, hitting his head and breaking a finger. He was hospitalized, suffering from a subdural bleed.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Brain · Health care and social assistance
Feb 14, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
A mail carrier slipped while walking across a snow-/ice-covered lawn. He fell to the ground, breaking his shoulder.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Transportation and warehousing
Jan 24, 2019 · Stanley Black & Decker Hospitalized
An employee slipped while walking up stairs, falling down the stairs and suffering a broken arm/elbow.
Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Jan 5, 2019 · Ocean State Job Lot Hospitalized
An employee was on a stepladder, pulling product down from a shelf, when she lost her balance and fell backwards. She broke her right leg and was hospitalized.
Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Retail
Nov 9, 2018 · Community Residences, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee slipped and fell on a frosty deck, breaking an ankle and requiring hospitalization.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance
Aug 16, 2018 · Michael's Store #6762 Hospitalized
On August 16, 2018, an employee was moving garbage bags near a dumpster when a waste hauler truck pushed the dumpster onto the employee's right foot. She suffered severe injuries to her foot that required surgery.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Foot (feet) · Retail
Nov 10, 2017 · Brinker International Hospitalized
On November 10, 2017, an employee was taking out trash when he slipped and fell on ice, fracturing his right wrist and requiring surgery.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Wrist(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1279033
Jul 12, 2017 · Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was hospitalized after a stack of slip sheets fell and hit his right leg, fracturing it.
Struck by falling object or equipment · Leg(s) · Manufacturing
Jun 6, 2017 · Creed-Monarch, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was removing a part from a spark changer tool when her hand was caught in the tool's rotating platform, breaking three fingers and tearing skin off the back of her right hand. She was hospitalized.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1238085
Mar 24, 2017 · Rich Products Corporation Loss of eye
An employee stepped underneath a coat hanger while reaching for an article of clothing and walked into a wall-mounted clothing hook, hitting and dislodging his left eye.
Struck against stationary object or equipment (other) · Eye(s) · Hotels and restaurants
Mar 17, 2017 · Advance Auto Parts Store Hospitalized
An employee was stocking the shelves using a rolling step ladder. The employee fell off the ladder and was admitted to the hospital for head trauma.
Other fall to lower level · Brain · Retail
Feb 12, 2017 · Hospital for Special Care Hospitalized
An employee slipped and fell on ice while clearing snow, fracturing his ankle and requiring surgery.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) · Health care and social assistance
Feb 9, 2017 · Creed Monarch, Inc. Amputation
An employee was de-burring a machine part when the employee's right fingertip contacted the machine and was amputated.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1217876
Sep 22, 2016 · Stanley Black & Decker Hospitalized
An employee tripped and fell to the ground while walking to the building, breaking her right arm.
Fall on same level due to tripping · Arm(s) · Manufacturing
Aug 3, 2016 · Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was caught between the load bar of a trailer truck and a stack of plastic dairy cases, losing consciousness and requiring hospitalization.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Body systems · Manufacturing
Feb 11, 2016 · Michael's Stores, Inc./Store #6762 Hospitalized
While walking by truck pallets, an employee tripped over plastic wrap and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken hip from impact with the floor.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Retail
Mar 19, 2015 · Guida-Seibert Dairy, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee suffered a fractured wrist injury and was admitted to the hospital.
Nonclassifiable · Wrist(s) · Manufacturing
After a workplace injury in Connecticut
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Personal injury lawyers in New Britain
Lawbamba lists 13 personal injury lawyers with an office in New Britain, Connecticut, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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