| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-12 | Crystal Lake | Il | WALMART INC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was stocking produce when she tripped over plastic wrap hanging from a pallet and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a broken hip. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | Crystal Lake | Il | WernerCo | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| Electricians had just finished connecting two portable AC units to a subpanel outside a main panel. They put the fuses back on, and one of them was about to close the electrical panel when an arc flash burned his left hand and forearm. | |||||
| 2021-01-19 | Crystal Lake | Il | Cardinal Health | Brain | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment |
| At about 9:15 p.m. on January 19, 2021, an employee was on a fixed ladder that was attached to an injection molding machine. The fixed ladder and platform detached from the machine, and it and the employee fell to the floor. The employee suffered a head injury. | |||||
| 2020-08-24 | Crystal Lake | Il | Diesel Redemption Inc. | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| On August 24, 2020, an employee was servicing a diesel engine when he was struck by a forklift being operated in reverse, suffering a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Crystal Lake | Illinois | Red Line Management, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was riding on a pallet of flooring materials on a powered industrial truck (PIT) to stabilize the load. The PIT was being operated with the forks 4-6 feet high. While it traveled from inside the building to outside the building, the bottom of the pallet broke. The pallet flipped forward and the employee was thrown into the air and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a separated shoulder blade, fractured wrist and arm, torn ACLs in both knees that required surgery, and a ches | |||||
| 2017-09-18 | Crystal Lake | Illinois | TC Industries, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On September 18, 2017, at approximately 11:55 p.m., employees were re-installing furnace ducts after replacing the duct rollers. The injured employee was working from an unguarded service platform located about 6 to 7 feet above the adjacent floor level when he fell and struck his lower back against a guardrail that was temporarily placed below the service platform. He fractured his vertebrae and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-30 | Crystal Lake | Illinois | TC INDUSTRIES, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee placed a bundle of steel bar stock into a horizontal band saw when he suffered a severe laceration to the right index finger, requiring surgical amputation. | |||||
| 2016-05-24 | Crystal Lake | Illinois | Camfil USA, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was changing over the assembly station. After she changed out the pop-up plate, she restarted the machine. The machine failed to cycle properly and a piece became stuck. The employee's hand then became caught in the cycling device. She sustained several right-hand fractures and a severe laceration by her right thumb. | |||||