Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-20 | Centralia | Il | SSM Health St Mary's Hospital | Heart | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
A nurse responded to a small fire caused by a patient and then suffered a heart attack. | |||||
2021-03-22 | Centralia | Il | Big 3 Precision Products Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
At about 10:15 a.m. on March 22, 2021, an employee was working with a part on a bench disk grinder. The disk caught the employee's left glove and pulled in the employee's middle finger, amputating the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-09-16 | Centralia | Il | Kehrer Brother's West Roofing Inc | Wrist(s) | Fall through surface or existing opening |
At about 8:30 a.m. on September 16, 2020, an employee fell through a roof opening and suffered a broken wrist and a neck injury. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Centralia | Illinois | Conagra Brands, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On April 28, 2020, a temporary employee was operating the brownie mix sifter in the layer packaging department. The sifter became clogged with the brownie mix product at the sifter beat screw housing. The employee's left hand fingers were caught in the rotating auger while unclogging the sifter severing the fingertips. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Centralia | Illinois | Big 3 Precision Products Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
Employee was loading sheet metal into a press die. The die activated, caught the employee's hand, and crushed it. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-04-29 | Centralia | Illinois | Pinnacle Foods Group LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was replacing an overhead chute that had a hole in it. He began to clean excess cake mix off of the auger when his hand contacted the sifter auger, amputating his index and middle fingers to the first knuckle. The auger was not locked/tagged out at the time. | |||||
2016-07-16 | Centralia | Illinois | SSM ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL - Centralia | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional |
An employee was returning a patient that was trying to flee the hospital back to the ER. The patient kicked and the employee was knocked off balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a broken collar bone. | |||||
2016-04-15 | Centralia | Illinois | AMERICAN EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting the chains on a piece of equipment, preparing it to be lifted by an overhead crane. The coworker operating the crane let go of the control button for lowering the chains. The injured employee thought the crane had already come to a complete stop, so he attempted to adjust the chains. His left hand was on one of the chains and while adjusting the other chain with his right hand, the chain tightened and slapped against his left hand, amputating his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2016-04-08 | Centralia | Illinois | The Swan Corporation | Hand(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was cleaning a mixer using acetone when a flash fire occurred. The employee received burns to both hands. | |||||
2015-08-06 | Centralia | Illinois | HAWKINS, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
Employer reported that an employee showed symptoms of heat illness (or kidney function illness) and was evaluated and hospitalized with IV fluids. |