Bethel, CT—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record
Bethel, CT
9 severe-injury reports between 2015-12-06 and 2025-05-15, 57 OSHA inspections, and 139 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Bethel, Connecticut.
Employers with the most severe injuries in Bethel
Example incidents
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Varnum Enterprises LLC
During the fabrication of a metal railing, an employee was heating a metal bar with an acetylene torch to prepare the bar for bending. After heating the bar, the acetylene torch was extinguished and placed in the open end of a 4 rectangular tube. Acetylene from the torch leaked into the tube. Several minutes later, the employee used a hand grinder that produced sparks which ignited the acetylene. The employee sustained facial burns.
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Stecks Nursery and Landscaping
Employees were loading an excavator onto a flatbed truck. The injured employee was holding a piece of chain attached to the excavator and was guiding the machine operator when the excavator bucket lowered onto their right hand. The employee sustained amputations to their right middle, ring, and little fingers.
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A & K Service, LLC
An employee was delivering materials to a worksite along an icy access road. While driving up a steep grade, the dump truck lost traction and began sliding backward. The employee jumped from the truck and the truck tipped over, pinning the employee's leg underneath. The employee sustained a broken leg and back.
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Duracell Industrial Operations Inc
An employee had been mixing cathode powder in a mixer. With the mixing completed, he tilted the mixer to empty the powder into a bucket through the designated port. The mixer was powered on to push the powder out through the port. There was powder adhered to the port, and he tried to get it out using his left hand. The mixer blade contacted his fingers, resulting in deglovings and fractures to the middle and index fingers. The middle finger was medically amputated.
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DN Tanks, Inc.
An employee was standing at two sawhorses, assembling pieces of wood to be part of a larger concrete form work. She was holding a 2-by-4 with her left hand and a gas-powered nail gun in her right hand. When she fired a 16-penny nail into the wood, it hit a knot, turned out, and punctured her left index finger.
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Ability Beyond
An employee fell while walking down stairs, fracturing a shin.
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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.