New Britain, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smith Elementary School
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Smith Elementary School in 142 Rutherford Street, New Britain, CT 6051 resulted in days away from work. Employee was special Education Teacher in education.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 15
- Days restricted or transferred
- 65
Before the incident
She tried to stop a student from banging head against desk but was bit in process
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Left wrist sprain left forearm bite left elbow shoulder strain strain of cerivcal portion of left trapezius muscle
Object or substance involved
Not applicable
Summary line
Bite left wrist sprain [REDACTED] left elbow strain left shoulder strain strain of trapezius muscle from restraining aggressive student
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Special Education Teacher
- SOC code
- 25-2050: Special Education Teachers
- NAICS code
- 611110: Education
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 88
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 103,977
- EIN
- 222486319
- Establishment ID
- 932180
- Employer case #
- 2025078
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:45
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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