| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-05 | Bridgeview | Il | Chicago Aerosol, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On June 5, 2021, an employee was attempting to fix the check-weigher on a line and the chain pulled their left glove into the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-11 | Bridgeview | Il | SIGNODE SUPPLY CORPORATION | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a machine. The machine jolted and struck the employee resulting in lacerations to their left hand and bottom lip and a dislocated shoulder. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Bridgeview | Il | Pactiv | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| Two employees were fighting in a parking lot. One employee's head struck a concrete barrier; he lost consciousness and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-28 | Bridgeview | Il | Stampede Meat, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting T-bone steaks with a bandsaw. The bandsaw amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2021-01-20 | Bridgeview | Il | Chicago Aerosol, LLC. | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking near the entry of a building when she slipped, fell, and struck her head. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-07 | Bridgeview | Il | USF Holland LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
| At 2:00 p.m. on January 7, 2021, an employee was at a dock, making a delivery. The employee began to close the dock's overhead door, which was closed using a hanging rope. As the heavy door came down, the rope tightened around the employee's left index finger and caused an amputation above the first knuckle, just below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | Bridgeview | Il | United States Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee slipped and fell down stairs while delivering mail. She hit the ground and suffered a broken right ankle. | |||||
| 2020-01-22 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Superior Bulk Logistics, Inc. dba Carry Transport | Lower extremities | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was walking backwards while uncoiling a hose when he stepped into a hole and was burned by steam and hot water. | |||||
| 2020-01-14 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Pepsico, INC. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was vacuuming the framework around a belt conveyor when the vacuum attachment and employee's arm were pulled into the conveyor. The employee suffered fractures to the right radius and ulna. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Micron Metal Finishing, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was standing inside a scissor lift changing a trolley on a hoist. The scissor lift came down and pinched both of the employee's feet. | |||||
| 2019-02-22 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Quaker Oats | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was checking the belt on the infeed conveyor of a palletizer. The belt began to move and pulled the employee's right middle finger into the running palletizer resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2017-01-18 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Pactiv | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was directing a PIV operator moving materials. The material shifted and fell onto the employee breaking both legs. The PIV operator was not moving the materials at the time. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Buedel Fine Meats | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor when his hand was caught between the conveyor and the sprocket, amputating his left thumb. | |||||
| 2016-06-07 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Buedel Fine Meats | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to stop a whistling noise on a machine when his finger was caught in the point of operation, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-01 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Pepsico | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell in the packaging department and fractured the left femur. | |||||
| 2015-09-09 | Bridgeview | Illinois | PERMASTEELISA | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was crating a window with a nail gun. As he switched the nail gun from one hand to the other, the gun shot a nail into his right leg. | |||||
| 2015-08-05 | Bridgeview | Illinois | Nielsen Bainbridge | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the gluer rollers with a rag when his right hand got pulled into the rollers. The equipment was running at the time of the incident. | |||||