Incident on May 26, 2018: Employee is struck by tire in the leg and develops a blood c
At 8:00 a.m. on May 26, 2018, an employee removed a tire from a tire rack and it slipped out of his hand. The employee was struck in the leg by the tire when it bounced up after hitting a second tire and he injured an artery that resulted in a blood clot the size of a cantaloupe. The employee was hospitalized. hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Berlin site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 14 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Berlin CT
Berlin · 2022
14
0
0
0.0
3.1
PBY CT Berlin
Berlin · 2018
25
2
1
10.0
4.9
PBY CT West Hartford
West Hartford · 2018
24
4
1
21.7
4.9
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
May 26, 2018, Berlin: Hospitalization · traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c. · lower leg(s)
On May 26, 2018, an employee was removing a truck tire from overhead. The tire fell, bounced on the ground, and hit him on the shin. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery to remove a severed internal artery.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
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