Branford, CT —
OSHA Injury Report: Carbonella and Desarbo
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Carbonella and Desarbo in Branford, CT 6405 resulted in days away from work. Employee was aM Warehouse in fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Carbonella and Desarbo
- Parent company
- Carbonella and Desarbo
- Street
- Breanna@carbonella.com
- City
- Branford
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 6405
- On-site location
- On the Loading dock at Door#4
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
[REDACTED] was inside the forklift with his seat-belt on loading pallets on to a truck at Door # 4. [REDACTED] stated he was loading the truck and the truck pulled out while he was between the tail of the truck and the dock leveler plate.
What happened
[REDACTED] was loading the truck and the truck pulled out while he was between the tail of the truck and the dock leveler plate. He then fell through the gap slamming backwards on the forklift on to the asphalt. [REDACTED] was out doing his first delivery run for the day. [REDACTED] texted him that he was going to do Harvest Bev for his second run while on his way back from doing his first set of deliveries. [REDACTED] gets back to the shop and backs into DOOR 4 per [REDACTED]s instructions. [REDACTED] completed his paperwork (return and short sheet) and he let the warehouse know that he had a pickup of 6 cans of coffee on the truck.Then [REDACTED] let [REDACTED] know that there were a lot of pallets and that the delivery may be two separate runs. Next [REDACTED] went to talk to [REDACTED] about PJ’s produce. They were short their yellow peppers. He then returned to his truck to wait for thewarehouse to load his truck with the Harvest Bev order. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] walke
Injury or illness
No immediate injuries reported Paramedics assessed Joni and Joni declined further medical care Maria DeSarbo insisted he go to the ER Later that day he developed neck and back pain
Object or substance involved
Joni was inside the forklift with his seat-belt on when he fell from the inside of Door # 4 's dock plate backwards slamming onto the outside asphalt.
Summary line
[REDACTED] stated he was loading the truck and the truck pulled out while he was between the tail of the truck and the dock leveler plate. He then fell through the gap slamming down to the pavement .No immediate injuries reported Paramedics assessed [REDA
Employee and industry
- Job description
- AM Warehouse
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 424480 — Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 70
- Total hours worked
- 120952
- Establishment ID
- 1239352
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 9:23
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06FEB2025:20:11:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.