Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hartford HealthCare Corporation, Corner of Batterson Park Road and Finneman Road, FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06032
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
Employee was injured in a motor vehicle accident while traveling from his office to another location for a meeting. Employee suffered head injuries in the accident and was transported to the emergency room and admitted for continued treatment.
An employee was driving a tractor trailer and exiting the employer's facility when the tractor trailer was struck by a train at a rail road crossing. The employee suffered a brain bleed, back fracture and other injuries.
An employee was driving a flat bed from the south and collided with a forklift truck travelling east in a 3-way stop intersection. The employee in the flat bed was going to make a left hand turn and did not see the forklift truck. Due to the sudden stop, the employee's leg contacted the steel in the cab resulting in a fractured leg.
On or about May 31, 2016, two employees were crossing the road in a golf cart when they were struck by a van in oncoming traffic. Both employees were admitted to the hospital.
Two employees were driving a company golf cart across an intersection when an automobile ran the stop sign and struck the cart. One of the employees sustained five broken ribs and a broken collarbone, while the second employee suffered knee bruises and a strained neck.
The employee was driving a company vehicle and making a left-hand turn when he was rear-ended by another vehicle. The employee was transported to the hospital with neck and back injuries.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561110)
At about 1:00 p.m. on April 23, 2025, an employee was unloading a forklift-mounted hopper into a dumpster. The employee's left index finger was caught between the hopper and one of the forklift's forks. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was conducting rounds to prepare for dinner when she tripped on a telephone cord in a resident's room. She fell to the floor and sustained a fractured hip.
Two employees were transporting a refrigerator down the stairs when one employee lost his grip, causing the refrigerator to shift and pin the injured employee against the wall. The employee sustained a back injury.
An employee was checking on a machine outside of the building and removed a cover to clean out a blocked area. His hand was caught by a rotary valve in a dust collection machine. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was working to clean a glue roller with a scraper tool. The tool and the employee's left thumb were pinched between two rollers, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was re-arranging boxes of pipe insulation on a pallet. One of the boxes fell from the pallet and knocked over an upright empty cylinder. The cylinder fell and crushed the tip of the employee's right toe. The employee's toe required surgical amputation.
An employee was securing the claw of a grapple truck to the truck bed. His left little finger was caught between the tie down strap and the rub rail of the truck, resulting in partial amputation of the finger.
An employee was cutting extruded aluminum framing material using a horizontal band saw. She went to grab a rag in the machine when the rag contacted the blade and pulled her hand in toward the blade, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.