Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-07-12 | Countryside | Illinois | BXH CONSTRUCTION, INC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
An employee was installing drywall on a piece of wall that was laying flat on the ground. Nearby, a 9-foot wall with drywall was already framed and standing on its own with four support braces. Strong winds blew the standing wall down and it struck the employee's back. | |||||
2015-05-28 | Countryside | Illinois | Welch Packaging Chicago, LLC | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was adjusting belts on the #130 rotary die cutter machine, when a gloved hand was pulled into the rollers breaking two bones in the right forearm. |