Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-08 | Bartlett | Il | Bellissimo Distribution | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was operating a double electric pallet jack and collided with another double electric pallet jack. The employee sustained injuries to the lower abdomen and right leg. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Bartlett | Il | Cheese Merchants of America LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a flexible packaging machine that filled, sealed, cut, and discharged plastic bags filled with shredded cheese. As the filled bag of cheese was exiting the machine onto a metal load plate that agitated up and down for the purpose of settling the cheese in the bag, the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the agitating load plate and it's base platform beneath. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the finger. | |||||
2020-10-01 | Bartlett | Il | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level |
On October 1, 2020, at 4:00 p.m., an employee fell while exiting the rear of his delivery vehicle with a package for delivery, resulting in hospitalization for a pelvic injury. | |||||
2020-05-09 | Bartlett | Illinois | Axium Packaging LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee went to clean the belt of a trimmer on a machine that is used to make plastic bottles. The belt caught the rag, pulling his right index finger and pinching it in the equipment. As a result, he sustained a partial amputation of the right index fingertip (no bone loss). | |||||
2020-03-21 | Bartlett | Illinois | Rana Meal Solutions, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On March 21, 2020, an employee was cleaning the rollers on a pasta machine when his smock was caught and his arm was pulled into the machine. The rotating blade inside the machine amputated the employee's arm below the elbow. | |||||
2019-09-16 | Bartlett | Illinois | Senior Flexonics Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee's right hand contacted a moving band saw blade, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation. | |||||
2019-09-14 | Bartlett | Illinois | Metrostaff Incorporated | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell to the ground while walking in a parking lot resulting in a possible shoulder injury. It was raining at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-08-31 | Bartlett | Illinois | Cheese Merchants of America LLC | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell from a small ladder while performing a cleaning operation. The employee did not lose consciousness and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-28 | Bartlett | Iowa | DUBUQUE BARGE AND FLEETING SERVICE COMPANY | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was driving a side-by-side ATV along a berm checking a levee for damage when he hit a rock and lost control of the ATV, causing it to roll. He was ejected from the ATV, breaking his left ankle and receiving lacerations to the head. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Bartlett | Illinois | Greco & Sons, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was assembling a pallet at the end of an aisle. A 10-pound box of material fell from a third-level rack and hit him on the left shoulder, breaking his clavicle. | |||||
2019-03-30 | Bartlett | Nebraska | Herd Co Cattle Company | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was attempting to close the swinging gate in the central hospital when a bovine hit the metal gate causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee fell on concrete and sustained a concussion. | |||||
2019-02-07 | Bartlett | Illinois | Cheese Merchants of America LLC | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On 2/7/19, an employee was exiting the building to go to her vehicle when the wind blew the papers in her hand. She went to reach for them and lost her balance, tripped, and fell to the ground, fracturing her left wrist. | |||||
2019-01-16 | Bartlett | Illinois | Rana Meal Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On January 16, 2019, at approximately 3:35 p.m., a machine operator was working to run normal production on the ravioli forming machine. The employee was tasked with continuously supplying (feeding) the filling into the machine and to start/stop the machine to make small production adjustments to the product. At some point during production, the injured employee contacted moving components inside the machine and sustained an amputation, without bone loss, to the middle fingertip of the left hand | |||||
2019-01-09 | Bartlett | Illinois | SENIOR FLEXONICS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee operating a corrugated machine attempted to jostle a metal tube that was not working correctly. When the tube moved, it activated a sensor that lowered an elevator gate down on the three middle fingertips of the employee's right hand. Her fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2018-07-20 | Bartlett | Illinois | Get Fresh Produce, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was cleaning out an onion slicer when the blade amputated the employee's left middle fingertip. | |||||
2018-04-02 | Bartlett | New Hampshir | LBO HOLDINGS, INC. D/B/A ATTITASH | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was leading a ski lesson when his ski became caught in soft snow, causing him to fall to the ground and fracture his hip. | |||||
2017-01-14 | Bartlett | New Hampshir | Attitash Resort | Face | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
An employees was attempting to restart the snowmaking equipment on a steep section of the ski trail when he slipped on an icy part of the walkway and slid approximately 200 feet down the hill landing in a ditch. The employee complained of chest pain and difficulty breathing. He also had a laceration to his face. | |||||
2016-01-07 | Bartlett | Texas | US Post Office | Thoracic region | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee was lifting a tub containing mail and phone books to place it into a hamper when she felt a sharp pain in her upper left torso. She suffered a muscle strain. | |||||
2015-12-27 | Bartlett | New Hampshir | Attitash Mountain Resort | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
A Ski Instructor was instructing a group of students down the trail. He caught an edge of his ski, and went into the woods, where he fell and fractured his ribs, two vertebrae, his elbow (which will require surgery), and possibly his hip. He also had puncture wounds on his thigh from the sticks/branches. | |||||
2015-10-02 | Bartlett | Nebraska | Bartlett Foods LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
Two employees were in a feed mill man lift. Some component in the lifting mechanism failed, causing the car to fall to the ground. Both employees sustained fractures to both legs. | |||||
2015-08-27 | Bartlett | Kansas | BARTLETT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure |
An employee was performing maintenance work on a slide gate and chute in the head house of the elevator when he was exposed to some out of condition grain. The employee began experiencing breathing problems, which resulted in hospitalization. | |||||
2015-06-25 | Bartlett | Illinois | Valleycrest Companies (Inc.) | Knee(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee banged a knee on an outdoor air conditioning unit and sustained a minor cut that was treated as first aid. The employee later noticed swelling and was eventually hospitalized for an aggressive type of infection. | |||||
2015-05-02 | Bartlett | Illinois | Glenwood Tool & Mold, Inc. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On Saturday May 2, 2015, at approximately 9:00 a.m. an employee was lowering a 2000 lbs mold onto the assembly table in the assembly area with assitance from another employee. This was a second mold part that the employees were working on that morning. This mold was standing up on the assembly table approximately 3 ft. high. This mold was lowered with an overhead crane and attached straps onto the four 2x4 supports located on the assembly table. The straps were removed and the mold slipped off t | |||||
2015-03-27 | Bartlett | Illinois | Rana Meal Solutions LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about March 27, 2015, an employee operating a pasta machine had his arm amputated up to his elbow. | |||||
2015-02-24 | Bartlett | New Hampshir | NEON, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was hospitalized after sustaining injuries during a snowmobile incident where they struck a tree. The employee broke an ankle, requiring in-patient hospitalization and surgery. |