Groton — Following a six-month investigation, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Electric Boat with a serious workplace violation for failing to properly guard an area where a newly hired shipyard employee fell more than 20 feet while pressure-washing a submarine.

The accident, which occurred May 7, seriously injured 22-year-old Tanessa Pabon, a painter who'd been on the job less than six months and still was considered a probationary employee. OSHA began investigating a day after the fall.

Groton — An Electric Boat employee, injured in a fall last week and scheduled to be released from the hospital Wednesday, said through her lawyer that a coworker is the only reason she's alive.

Eric Schoenberg, an attorney with the Freeman Law Firm in Hartford, is representing the injured employee, Tanessa Pabon, in two workers' compensation claims related to her May 7 fall at EB's Groton shipyard.

Schoenberg said Pabon, recently released from the intensive care unit, still has "numerous complications from the fall."

The lawyer for the Electric Boat employee injured in a May 7 fall said he has "serious questions" about the initial results from testing done on the fluid she ingested after the fall.

Tanessa Pabon, 22, landed face-down in fluid after falling about 30 feet while power-washing a submarine. Her lawyer, Eric Schoenberg, an attorney with the Freeman Law Firm in Hartford, said she ingested a "large quantity" of fluid.

Pabon's doctors indicated that she has internal complications as a result of the materials she ingested and asked that the fluid be tested so they could determine how best to treat her, and to asses any long-term complications that might arise, Schoenberg said.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- Hartford Police are investigating after a man allegedly tracked down his stolen vehicle and confronted the thief.

Police say a resident contacted them around 7:45 a.m. on Monday morning to report that his vehicle was stolen while it was warming up in the driveway.

According to officials, the same resident called just before 9:30 a.m. to report that he found his vehicle on Maple Avenue and had fired a gunshot.

The state has offered a deal to the teen suspected of killing 15-year-old Keon Huff last March, but the details were not disclosed in court on Tuesday.

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