Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-06 | Dwight | Illinois | LSC Communications US, LLC | Multiple face locations | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An LSC Communications security guard was performing security checks throughout the facility while operating a three-wheeled electric cart. The cart struck a vertical steel I-beam, causing the employee to continue forward and contact the edge of the I-beam and then fall to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations on the forehead and nose, and fractures to the forehead and right cheek bone. | |||||
2020-03-27 | Dwight | Illinois | COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY dba ComEd | Upper and lower limb(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
At approximately 6:45 a.m., an employee was hand-operating a gang switch when one of the three legs detached from the switch. The live part contacted the employee's left hand and thigh, causing burns that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Dwight | Illinois | LSC Communication, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 12, 2019, at approximately 9:15 AM, an employee was troubleshooting the press stacker when the employee's right hand entered the stacker and activated the lift plate. The plate came down on the employee's right-hand fingers, resulting in a partial amputation to his middle and ring fingers. | |||||
2017-08-13 | Dwight | Illinois | ALDI, INC. | Brain | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a stand-up tugger and trying to throw something in a garbage can when she fell to the concrete floor and suffered a concussion. | |||||
2017-08-04 | Dwight | Illinois | LSC Communication, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On August 8, 2017, an employee was troubleshooting a malfunctioning palletizer when it cycled, catching and amputating his left ring fingertip between a pallet and the palletizer. | |||||
2016-05-26 | Dwight | Illinois | RR Donnelley | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to make an adjustment on the press. As the employee was releasing the tension on the "signature," the employee's right pinky finger was caught between the level and another part of the press, amputating soft tissue and the nail. |