| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-30 | Bloomingdale | Oh | HLC Trucking Co. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was unloading residual asphalt from a dump truck. The asphalt fell and struck his lower leg, resulting in a broken lower leg and dislocated ankle. | |||||
| 2021-08-06 | Bloomingdale | Il | TruGreen Lawn Care | Leg(s) | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating a ride-on fertilizer spreader on a slight slope. The spreader hit a small rabbit hole and seemed like it was about to tip over. The employee's right leg was broken as he stuck his foot out to brace himself. | |||||
| 2021-06-04 | Bloomingdale | Oh | Patterson-UTI Energy Inc | Fingertip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking across the rig floor carrying a large bolt, called a connecting pin, when he tripped on an object and fell to the floor. The bolt impacted the end of his left ring finger and amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-01-16 | Bloomingdale | Ga | Interfor US, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On January 16, 2021, an employee and a coworker were troubleshooting feed issues with the planer mill strapper. While the injured employee was placing the pin in the bump gate to check the banding track for alignment issues, the co-worker started locking out the strapper and lowered the bump gate. Stored energy pinched and amputated the injured employee's right middle finger between the gate and the pin. | |||||
| 2020-04-08 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On April 8, 2020, an employee was assembling and feeding copper and cables into a crimper machine. The machine closed on her left index finger, breaking the finger and partially amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-06-08 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | S & S Hinge Company* | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee snipped a metal band that restrains a steel coil from unwinding to remove it from the coil. The employee experienced some resistance and pulled the metal band to free it. The metal band held firm and sliced through the employee's protective glove and into his hand, lacerating it. | |||||
| 2016-02-19 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | Chicago Pastry, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While moving a table, an employee slipped and fell to the floor, fracturing his right hip. | |||||
| 2016-02-05 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | Now Health Group, Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was hospitalized after their right arm was injured while reaching into an agitating hoper. | |||||
| 2015-06-07 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On Sunday June 7, 2015, at approximately 4:55 p.m., an employee on the production floor was operating a crimper machine, which is a wire connector crimping machine operated by an unguarded foot pedal. The injured employee was hand-feeding wire pieces into the point of operation when she inadvertently pressed a foot pedal with her right-hand index finger, resulting in an amputation. The point of operation was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | Bloomingdale | Illinois | FIC AMERICA CORP. | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| A maintenance employee received a fingertip amputation while troubleshooting a stuck clamp on a cutting machine on the mechanical spinning line LH2. | |||||