Inhalation of harmful substance-multiple episodes · Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hartford Healthcare Rehabilitation Network, 181 Patricia Genova Drive, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06111
on — Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
On November 9, 2015, an employee was hospitalized after a medical appointment for persistent cough and allergies that may be work related due to poor indoor air quality.
An employee was standing up from a chair and twisted an ankle, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee sustained an intertrochanteric fracture of the right femur.
On March 21, 2024, an employee was descending the indoor, carpeted stairs of a patient's residence when their heel slipped on the second-to-last step and they fell down the steps onto their left side. This resulted in injuries to their right knee, left shoulder, and bruising on their left big toe.
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.