Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-08-26	Channahon	Il	IH Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On August 26, 2020, an employee lost control of a stand-up forklift. The employee's leg became caught between the machine and a guardrail, causing the employee to sustain a broken left leg.
2020-02-12	Channahon	Illinois	Superior Mechanical Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was installing a new tank hatch lid. The lid struck the employee's left hand, amputating the tip of the thumb (with no bone loss).
2019-08-28	Channahon	Illinois	Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee sustained an amputation of soft tissue on his index finger.
2019-07-16	Channahon	Illinois	T.A.C., INC.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using a hose and hot water to clean a belly line on a trailer. When the employee removed the end cap, pressure in the line caused hot water to spray out, resulting in burns to the employee's stomach area, shins, and the front of the thighs.
2019-02-19	Channahon	Illinois	T.A.C., INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was on top of a trailer inside a wash bay area, loosening bolts to the trailer's open dome lid. The employee was found on top of the tanker unconscious and was hospitalized for respiratory failure and cardiac arrest due to toluene exposure.
2019-02-05	Channahon	Illinois	Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was observing the closing of the coker drum. Their right index finger was pinched when the coker drum closed causing a fingertip amputation.
2019-01-23	Channahon	Illinois	Emerson	Multiple body parts	Fall, slip, trip
An employee slipped on ice while exiting a job trailer, suffering a broken hip and shoulder.
2018-03-28	Channahon	Illinois	Mistras Group, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee inhaled vacuum testing gas (stannic fluoride) from what appears to be a horseplay incident.
2015-10-22	Channahon	Illinois	Commonwealth Edison Company	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on the ground while new cable was being pulled onto a power pole. A wire grip device failed and loose cable on the ground came under tension knocking the employee to the ground causing neck and wrist fractures.
2015-10-07	Channahon	Illinois	Universal Plant Services	Face	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was operating a portable grinder with a cup tool attachment to bevel the edge of a piece of pipe. The cup tool disintegrated and debris from the cup tool struck the left side of the employee's face. The employee was transported to hospital.
2015-06-09	Channahon	Illinois	Exxon Mobil	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On June 9, 2015, an employee wearing flame resistant clothing was retrieving samples of hot, 400 degrees F asphalt from a controlled sample point when he was splashed/sprayed by pressurized hot asphalt. He received second degree burns to his head, neck, chest, and both arms. He also received first and second degree burns on the right side of his face.
2015-05-15	Channahon	Illinois	Exxon Mobile	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee's arm got caught in conveyor belt guide rollers while troubleshooting the equipment, resulting in hospitalization.
2015-02-10	Channahon	Illinois	Groendyke Transport	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking from his truck to the terminal during inclement weather and fell on ice, hitting his head. The employee was taken to the hospital and admitted.