Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Connecticut Institute for the Blind, 120 Holcomb Street, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06112
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
On July 10, 2015, an employee was reaching for a box of bags in the storage room. She tripped on a box and fell to the floor below, sustaining a concussion and injury to the left arm and hand. She was hospitalized.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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An employee was sweeping the parking lot when they stepped backward, tripped, and fell. The employee suffered a fractured left hip and was hospitalized.
On July 1, 2025, an employee was walking toward the register when she slipped on a hanger and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur and required surgery.
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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.