Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CBRE Inc., 900 Cottage Grove Rd., BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06002
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee was ascending a ladder to access wiring on top of a chiller unit when they fell to the ground. The employee sustained internal bleeding near their hip and a broken rib.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
An employee was troubleshooting an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred and the employee lost consciousness. The employee also sustained burns and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking at ground level toward a manhole, carrying a manhole removal device. The employee tripped and fell onto the manhole removal device, resulting in multiple fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
An employee was using a 71.3-pound jackhammer to break up a concrete pad. The jackhammer became stuck in the concrete. The employee tried to pull the jackhammer out of the concrete and sustained a hernia requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was walking down the stairs when she lost her footing and fell down the stairs. The employee scraped both hands and her left knee, and struck a door at the bottom of the staircase.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 531390)
An employee cleared a jam on a conveyor while on a platform ladder. The employee lost balance while descending the ladder and his shirt got caught on a roller on the underside of the conveyor. As a result, his arm and hand were pulled into the roller. The employee was hospitalized with fractures that required surgery.
An employee was responding to an active leak in an apartment unit at around 18:00 hours. He was working on the water heater and tightened the top element. Pressure and hot water starting to spill out and burned both his hands, his right ankle, and his lower right leg.
An employee was walking around a commercial site conducting a pre-purchase evaluation. He slipped on ice/snow and fell to the ground, sustaining a knee injury that required hospitalization and surgery.
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.