Hitting, kicking, beating by other person unspecified · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Community Health Resources, 487 Center Street, MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT 06040
on — Concussions, affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
On October 7, 2024, an employee was hospitalized after being attacked by a client. The employee sustained a concussion, blunt trauma to the head, and multiple strains, sprains, and contusions.
Two hotel employees were confronting a group of six people that were trespassing. The hotel employees were physically assaulted by the group of people. One employee was hospitalized with cuts and bruises.
At about 6:00 p.m. on May 10, 2025, three employees were redirecting a nursing resident away from the kitchen. The resident pulled the injured employee's hair and shoved them to the ground. That employee was hospitalized with a collapsed lung.
An employee had pursued a shoplifter out of a store into a parking area. The shoplifter's accomplice assaulted the employee, causing face and head injuries.
An employee was transferring a pot of hot water and noodles from the stovetop to the sink in the kitchen. The employee fell and their leg was burned by the hot water.
An employee was coming into the facility to bring a note when they tripped on a carpeted mat and fell forward, hitting their head on the tiled floor. The employee sustained a subdural hematoma and a head injury requiring 30 sutures. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was leaving a client's home when they slipped on black ice in front of the home, falling to the ground and suffering cranial fractures and a brain bleed.
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.