Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-05 | Arlington Heights | Il | XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was assisting a customer with unloading a crate weighing 1300 pounds when the crate dropped from a forklift onto the employee, resulting in a broken leg and hand. | |||||
2020-01-23 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Rolling Green Country Club | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking from a kitchen to a bathroom after cleaning a fryer with degreaser. He became lightheaded and fell to the floor, breaking his right leg. | |||||
2019-07-26 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Downes Swimming Pool Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was repairing an automatic pool cover machine when his left middle finger was caught in the moving parts, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-06-27 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | MARTAM CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Head, neck, and trunk | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting lumber with a cut-off saw when it kicked back and lacerated the employee from the cheek to the chest. | |||||
2019-06-06 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Sheet Metal Werks, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
The injured employee was emptying scrap hoppers. The employee released the latch so the hopper can dump into the dumpster. The employee placed his left hand on the fork attachment point of the hopper and when the emptied hopper moved back into the latched position his gloved, left hand was caught between the hopper and the attachment point on the forks. The employee suffered a left ring finger amputation. | |||||
2019-05-22 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | LIEBERMAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. | Pelvis | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee entered the newly remodeled fitness room, slipped on the wet concrete floor and fell breaking their pelvis. | |||||
2018-09-11 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Justin Johns Racing Stable | Brain | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
An employee was exercising a horse when it was startled and threw her off. Her head struck the ground; she was knocked unconscious, suffering a concussion and minor internal head trauma and bleeding. She was wearing a protective helmet and safety vest at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-09-04 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Arlington Heights Ford, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
Two employees were cleaning a car in a car lot. One of them was struck by a pallet carried by a forklift, suffering a broken arm, broken shoulder, broken ribs, and ruptured spleen. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-02 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Hoerr Construction, Inc. | Face | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning a sewer line with a hydro-jet. While he was pulling the hose, it came too far out of the manhole and the nozzle struck the employee's face, lacerating it. | |||||
2018-01-29 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Northwest Community Healthcare | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was standing on a rolling table to remove Christmas decorations at the top of the bulletin board. The rolling table moved from under her causing her to fall. The employee was hospitalized for a subdural hematoma and a partial scalp hemorrhage. | |||||
2017-10-16 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Weber Marking Systems, Inc. dba Weber Packaging Solutions, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a printing press when the employee's left hand was caught in an unguarded pinch point on the machine, fracturing two fingers. | |||||
2017-04-23 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Lutheran Home for the Aged, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was transporting a resident and tripped over the wheelchair footrest. She fell and fractured her femur. | |||||
2017-01-03 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | New Albertson's, Inc. dba Jewel-Osco | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot when he was struck by a moving automobile, suffering multiple injuries and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Arlington Heights | Illinois | Rent-A-Center, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was injured in a motor vehicle accident while performing work related duties. |