Orange, CT—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record
Orange, CT
9 severe-injury reports between 2016-10-29 and 2025-05-19, 84 OSHA inspections, and 236 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Orange, Connecticut.
Employers with the most severe injuries in Orange
Example incidents
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Bank of America (with Drive-thru ATM)
An employee was walking in the office area when she tripped on cables on the floor. She fell and struck her face against the corner of a wall, resulting in a severe laceration to her jaw.
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Trader Joe's
An employee was stocking cheese and fell backward to the floor while descending a step ladder. Her left leg twisted in the fall, resulting in the dislocation of her knee.
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The United Illuminating Company
On Saturday, January 1, 2022, an employee was injured after being struck by the butt end of a utility pole that was being lifted from a pile of poles in the yard. The employee had climbed up onto a pile of poles in order to set the tongs from the derrick onto a pole for picking. The employee set the tongs in the approximate middle of the pole for weight balance and came down off of the pile. The derrick operator lifted the pole slightly and found it not balanced. The employee then went back onto the pile to adjust the tongs. He then came down off the pile again. At this time, the pole was jarred or came loose from the pile and struck him while he was the ground. He sustained six broken ribs and a punctured lung.
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U-Haul Company of Connecticut
An employee was changing a blade on a utility knife/scrapper. As he was tightening the screw that holds the blade in place, the screwdriver slipped, causing his wrist to slide across the blade. He suffered a laceration and puncture wound on his wrist.
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Olive Garden
An employee climbed a ladder to the roof, opened a hatch door to the roof, and then opened a gate at the top of the roof hatch. When she opened the gate, her finger was caught and crushed in the gate hinge, causing a severe laceration and fracture of the right index finger.
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DICHELLO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to pick cases of beer on a warehouse floor. His jack came into contact with another one as he was stepping off it, and his left foot was pinched between the two pallet jacks, suffering bruising and swelling. He was wearing safety shoes.
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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.