Severe Workplace Injuries in New Haven, Connecticut

Oct 2, 2025 · Petra Construction Corporation Amputation

An employee was using a cordless circular saw to relieve the long edge of a 1/2" rabbit cut on a 1 1/2" piece of chair rail trim. The piece of chair rail kicked out of the employee's hand and his left hand contacted the rotating saw blade. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated and he sustained lacerations to the middle, ring, and little fingers.

Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Construction

Aug 19, 2025 · Yale New Haven Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the hallway when she slipped and fell on the floor, sustaining a fractured left patella, nausea, and lightheadedness. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance

Aug 7, 2025 · StratChem Logistics LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking between two tanks when he stepped into a sump pit that was missing its metal grate. His leg was submerged in sulfuric acid, and he suffered chemical burns to the lower part of his right foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Exposure through intact tissue · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Wholesale trade

Jul 1, 2025 · Geico Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting a vehicle at an automobile body shop. He leaned down and a sharp piece of metal that was sticking out from a damaged door on the car severely lacerated his lower right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck against stationary object · Leg(s) · Other services

May 26, 2025 · Flik Amputation

An employee was cleaning sections of the metal conveyor rack line. The employee picked up the conveyor rack sections and set them up perpendicular to the trough while he sprayed the food debris with the hand sprayer. There are four sections in total; after completing the first two sections, the employee lifted the third section and it fell forward. The conveyor section partially amputated the employee's left middle fingertip.

Struck by object dropped by person · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Mar 28, 2025 · Yale University Hospitalized

An employee was conducting an experiment with a rat. The rat bit a finger (first digit) on the employee's left hand that resulted in swelling and pain due to an infection. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" · Body systems · Educational services

Feb 10, 2025 · Kleeberg Sheet Metal Inc Hospitalized

During ductwork installation, a piece of ductwork was being adjusted to make the next piece fit. The isolation hanger holding the piece fell apart and dropped the piece on an employee who was on a ladder. It caught his hand against the ladder, and his left arm was broken.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Arm(s) · Manufacturing

Jan 6, 2025 · Yale University Amputation

An employee was using a portable table saw to cut wooden strips when a wood strip kicked back, pulling their left hand into the rotating blade. The employee's left index finger and another finger were lacerated, and the ring fingertip was amputated to the joint. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by running powered equipment irregular movement, kick back · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Educational services

Dec 16, 2024 · Continuum of Care Inc Hospitalized

An employee was conducting hourly check-ins on residents. A client went to strike the employee. The employee lost balance while avoiding the strike, fell, and fractured their right tibia and dislocated a knee.

Fall on same level (other) · Knee(s) and leg(s) · Health care and social assistance

Nov 7, 2024 · Avelo Airlines Hospitalized

An employee was struck by a belt loader while conducting a post-flight inspection of an aircraft, resulting in injury to his left knee and thigh.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Knee(s) and leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 9, 2024 · Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation Amputation

An employee was replacing a belt on an HVAC system motor when a rag used to rotate the belt and pulley system became caught, pulling his right hand into a pinch point. The employee sustained a laceration to his thumb and a little fingertip amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Health care and social assistance

Jun 6, 2024 · Yale Library Technical Services Hospitalized

An employee was sitting down in a chair when it slipped out from under him. He fell to the floor and suffered a broken left hip.

Fall while sitting · Hip joint(s) · Information

Apr 17, 2024 · Yale University Hospitalized

An employee was working to secure a full-size enclosed pan rack, measuring 69 inches tall, that was on the liftgate of a box truck. As the liftgate was lowered, the pan rack rolled down from the liftgate and fell onto the employee, causing her to fall to the ground. The rack, which was loaded with food items, landed on her leg causing a fractured femur.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Thigh(s) · Educational services · OSHA inspection 1747843

Mar 27, 2024 · Yale New Haven Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was walking down the hallway to deliver an item to another office when she tripped and fell to the floor. She sustained a left radial head fracture requiring surgery and four rib fractures.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Trunk and other upper extremities · Health care and social assistance

Feb 21, 2024 · B & W Paving and Landscaping Hospitalized

An employee was standing on the track of the excavator refueling it. He slipped off the track and fell approximately three feet to the ground, resulting in fractures to his hip and coccyx bone.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Trunk and hip joint(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jan 18, 2024 · Beyond Home Care Staffing Services, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the parking lot when she fell on ice, sustaining a fractured hip and a dislocated disc.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Multiple body parts · Health care and social assistance

Nov 23, 2023 · Yale New Haven Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was walking through the break room to her work station when she slipped on mashed potatoes on the break room floor. She fell to the floor and landed on her right shoulder, resulting in a fractured humerus. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Upper arm(s) · Health care and social assistance

Sep 22, 2023 · Yale New Haven Hospital, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was backing up a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it collided with an elevator door. The collision caused the elevator doors to open, and the employee and PIT fell to the bottomo of the elevator shaft 6 to 7.5 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to the right leg, lumbar vertebra, and head injuries.

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1699083

Apr 13, 2023 · Building Technology Engineers Amputation

An employee was opening a 10-foot long, sliding metal gate when their right middle finger was caught between the moving gate and the latch, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Mar 1, 2023 · Yale University Hospitalized

An employee was walking to an event from her office when she slipped on ice on the sidewalk and fell, resulting in multiple injuries to her elbows that required hospitalization.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Elbow(s) · Health care and social assistance

Dec 29, 2022 · Frontier Communications Hospitalized

An employee was descending a ladder when their left foot slipped, and the employee fell to the ground, landing on their left side. The employee sustained fractures to the collar bone, left-side ribs, and left middle finger. The left ring finger was lacerated.

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

Dec 8, 2022 · NPL Construction Company Hospitalized

Three employees were working in an active work zone when a third-party vehicle entered the work zone and struck a portable light tower. The employees were then struck by the light tower, sustaining injuries. One employee was hospitalized for three rib fractures and a spleen laceration.

Pedestrian vehicular incident (other) · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction · OSHA inspection 1638833

Nov 28, 2022 · Manafort Brothers Incorporated Amputation

An employee was using a battery-powered saw to cut a piece of wood when it amputated his left ring fingertip.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Fingertip(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1636579

Nov 11, 2022 · Yale University Hospitalized

An employee was unbolting and removing a steam valve for inspection when they were splashed by the hot condensate. The employee sustained burns to his face and upper body.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts · Educational services · OSHA inspection 1639414

Oct 13, 2022 · Yale-New Haven Hospital Hospitalized

On October 13, 2022, an employee was walking to her office through an atrium when she slipped on a puddle on the floor and fell, resulting in a fractured left kneecap and leg bruising.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance

Aug 17, 2022 · YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL Hospitalized

An employee tripped over a trash cart and fell to a hallway floor, suffering fractures to her left elbow and hip.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Multiple body parts (other) · Health care and social assistance

May 19, 2022 · Yale University Hospitalized

On May 19, 2022, a postdoctoral fellow was handling rats during an experiment. A rat bit her right index finger, and the wound became infected resulting in hospitalization.

Other animal bites, nonvenomous · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Educational services

Apr 12, 2022 · Beyond Home Care Staffing Services Hospitalized

An employee was doing a client's laundry. The employee slipped down the basement stairs while carrying a basket of clothes and hit her head and landed on her arm. The employee sustained a shattered wrist and required surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Wrist(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1595343

Mar 22, 2022 · YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL Hospitalized

An employee was assisting a patient back into bed for the night by lifting the patient's legs from the floor to the bed when she experienced discomfort in her back due to a lower-to mid back strain and sprain.

Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Multiple back regions · Health care and social assistance

Dec 17, 2021 · Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc. Amputation

An employee was cleaning debris from the rear of a dump truck body. The truck's rear swinging door struck him, causing a crush injury, deep laceration, and partial amputation to the right little finger.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services