Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-16 | Crest Hill | Il | Americold Logistics, LLC | Pelvis | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On September 16, 2021, a standup forklift operator was picking orders from racking systems inside a warehouse and became pinned between the forklift truck and the rack, resulting in a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2021-07-30 | Crest Hill | Il | Rich Products Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On July 30, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., an employee was removing a hose and the stainless steel hardline for a positive displacement pump when their left middle finger caught on a blade in the pump, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2021-02-17 | Crest Hill | Il | Rich Products Corporation | Wrist(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
At about 4:30 a.m. on February 17, 2021, an employee was cleaning underneath a running conveyor. The employee's right glove was pulled into the conveyor as the employee was cleaning flour from the surface of the conveyor, causing the right hand and forearm to become caught between the conveyor and the surface underneath. The employee suffered a broken wrist/forearm. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Crest Hill | Il | Layne Christensen Company | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stepping from a secured pipe on a trailer deck when he fell to the ground, leading to right-side distal tibia and fibular fractures. | |||||
2019-07-05 | Crest Hill | Illinois | Rich Products Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning up a conveyor system. The employee's left index finger was crushed and amputated in the system. | |||||
2019-02-20 | Crest Hill | Illinois | Aaron Thomas Company Inc | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a bailer machine when it crushed his arm. | |||||
2017-01-16 | Crest Hill | Illinois | Hendrickson Bumper and Trim | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was setting up dies in a machine and amputated a fingertip. |