| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-13 | Bellwood | Il | CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| As an employee placed a piece of metal into a spot welding machine, the machine's foot pedal was pressed while the employee's hand was still in the machine, crushing the employee's right pinky finger and resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-03-19 | Bellwood | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a candy machine when their left middle fingertip was amputated by the rotary valve blades. | |||||
| 2020-01-10 | Bellwood | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing sugar buildup within the sugar hopper when his left hand contacted the rotary valve resulting in amputation of the middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-06-18 | Bellwood | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to remove empty film and jammed candy from the discharge end of a wrapper machine when his right index finger was cut by the machine's crimper blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Bellwood | Illinois | Gemco Roofing & Bldg. Supply, Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On May 3, 2019, an employee was struck by a reversing forklift resulting in a fractured wrist and a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2019-01-01 | Bellwood | Illinois | Borgwarner Transmission Systems, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On January 1, 2019, an employee sustained a right middle finger amputation while loading unfinished metal core plates into an automated core plate racking system. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Bellwood | Illinois | Advanced Technology Services, Inc. dba ATS | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was troubleshooting a fan for an oxidizer when his finger was caught between the fan belt and the pulley wheel while manually pulling the belt, resulting in an amputation of the right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-04-04 | Bellwood | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming candy on the forming line when his glove was caught by the rollers and his right hand was pulled into the machine. He was hospitalized after receiving a deep laceration on the webbing of his right hand between his index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2015-05-22 | Bellwood | Illinois | BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE, INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee had three fingers amputated after reaching into a machine through an unguarded opening. | |||||