Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-04-08	Burr Ridge	Il	Loomis Armored US	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was driving an armored vehicle when it broke down. The employee inhaled smoke and was hospitalized.
2020-07-20	Burr Ridge	Illinois	MEADEN PRECISION MACHINED PRODUCTS COMPANY	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While cleaning an automatic screw machine, an employee's left thumb was crushed and partially amputated in the machine. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
2020-06-18	Burr Ridge	Illinois	Goebel Forming	Eye(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was stripping wood from a concrete roof with a hammer when a piece of metal went under his glasses and into his eye.
2020-03-12	Burr Ridge	Illinois	SAIA MOTOR FREIGHTLINE LLC	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
On March 12, 2020, an employee was getting on a parked forklift and was struck by another forklift resulting in a broken left ankle and foot.
2020-02-20	Burr Ridge	Illinois	The Davey Tree Expert Company	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system
An employee was working aloft in a locust tree with his tie-in point high in the middle of the tree. He had worked his way out on a branch to make the needed cuts and was walking back in toward the main trunk when he slipped and swung back into the trunk. He struck his foot, causing a break in both bones of his lower leg.
2019-05-31	Burr Ridge	Illinois	Central Decal Company, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a die cutting machine when his left hand was caught between the clamshell platen and a stationary die. All four fingers (except thumb) on the left hand were crushed resulting in amputation.
2017-09-06	Burr Ridge	Illinois	SAIA MOTOR FREIGHTLINE LLC	Skull	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle
On September 6, 2017, an employee was operating a forklift when he hit a pole and fractured his skull.
2016-06-27	Burr Ridge	Illinois	Central Decal Company, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On or about June 27, 2016, an employee incurred a fingertip amputation of the little finger and laceration of the ring finger on her right hand. The employee was operating a laminating machine when the machine stopped. The employee tried to get the machine started by adjusting the belt. When she touched the belt, the machine started up, catching her fingers.