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OSHA Injury Report: Smith Elementary School

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Smith Elementary School in New Britain, CT 6051 resulted in days away from work. Employee was special Education Teacher in education.

Establishment
Smith Elementary School
Parent company
Consolidated School District of New Britain
Street
142 Rutherford Street
City
New Britain
State
CT
ZIP
6051
On-site location
Room 103
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
15
Days restricted or transferred
65

She tried to stop a student from banging head against desk but was bit in process

Student did not let go and started to become aggressive. Both student and teacher fell to the ground and student was placed in a protective hold while EE tried to remove him from her arm. Additional coworkers had to assist and take over the hold for her. She started to feel suymptoms aligning with a cardiac event due to stress

Left wrist sprain left forearm bite left elbow shoulder strain strain of cerivcal portion of left trapezius muscle

Not applicable

Bite left wrist sprain [REDACTED] left elbow strain left shoulder strain strain of trapezius muscle from restraining aggressive student

Job description
Special Education Teacher
SOC code
25-2050 — Special Education Teachers
NAICS code
611110 — Education
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
88
Total hours worked
103977
EIN
222486319
Establishment ID
932180
Employer case #
2025078
Date of incident
Shift started
8:45
Time of incident
14:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:16:59:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.