Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-25 | Albion | Ne | JSMM Farms Partnership | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was using grain vacuum to clean up bad grain at the bottom of a corn grinder. The vacuum became clogged and as the employee tried to unclog it, the auger blades amputated the top of their right index and middle fingers. | |||||
2018-01-04 | Albion | New York | R S Automation, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was about to go outside when she saw mail on the floor near the door. She picked it up and was heading back in with the mail when she tripped and fell onto the carpet, breaking her femur. | |||||
2016-08-22 | Albion | New York | Saint-Gobain Adfors | Forearm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped and his hand fell into the webbing of the razor slitter machine while it was running. Both bones in the right forearm were fractured. | |||||
2016-05-20 | Albion | New York | Kast Farms, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was using a tractor to mow grass when a high-tensile wire became caught in the machinery. When the employee stepped off the tractor, the wire swung around and hit the employee's left foot, breaking two bones and lacerating the heel. | |||||
2015-10-10 | Albion | Illinois | Champion Laboratories, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On Saturday 10/10/15 at approximately 5:00 AM, an employee's hand slid underneath a fixed guard at the Department 5540 Pleater. The employee's left index finger made contact with a belt and was pulled into a roller resulting in injury. Medical provider's diagnosis is that of a partial amputation of the left index finger. | |||||
2015-09-03 | Albion | Illinois | Pratt Well Service, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was conducting work on the 60-feet-high platform of an oil derrick, operating rigging to move piping into position. The employee became sick, vomited, experienced cramps, and was eventually hospitalized for heat-related health issues. | |||||
2015-08-25 | Albion | Illinois | CHAMPION LABORATORIES dba Fram Filtration | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 08/25/15 at 10:15pm, an employee's hand was caught in the point of operation of a hydraulic press and he lost three fingers. | |||||
2015-02-13 | Albion | Illinois | CHAMPION LABORATORIES, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping |
Employee tripped and fell in a walkway while retrieving an order of corrugated shipping cartons that were lying on a pallet. |