Waterbury, CT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Waterbury Plating, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Waterbury Plating, LLC in 114 Porter Street, Waterbury, CT 06708 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in electroplating metals and formed products for the trade.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Waterbury Plating, LLC
- Parent company
- Waterbury Plating, LLC
- Street
- 114 Porter Street
- City
- Waterbury
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06708
- On-site location
- Filter Press
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Fixing piping on the filter press.
What happened
Employee was working near the filter press fixing piping. The piping was in the pit and it was easier to access from the walkway above. He placed cardboard over the lip of the walkway and laid on the ground resting his rib cage on the cardboard which was over the lip of the walkway. While fixing the pipe his body weight was on his ribs which were pushing into the lip of the walkway. [REDACTED] heard a crack and felt pain in his ribs. He notified his supervisor right away and went to Concentra. Concentra confirmed via x-ray that the ribs were not broken.
Injury or illness
Contusion of rib
Object or substance involved
Lip on the walkway and employee 's weight
Summary line
Contusion of rib due to employee putting pressure on his rib while fixing piping
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 332813: Electroplating metals and formed products for the trade
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 45
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 92,489
- Establishment ID
- 414893
- Employer case #
- 23-04
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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