Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-07 | East Moline | Il | John Deere Harvester Works | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On July 7, 2021, an employee was removing a repair trailer from a utility vehicle's hitch using their right hand. As the hitch released, it pinched their right index finger between the tailgate of the utility vehicle and the trailer hitch latch resulting in a laceration and fracture to the right index finger that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2021-06-11 | East Moline | Il | Deere & Company | Leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On June 11, 2021, an employee bumped into an air-actuated cylinder while turning to walk. The employee suffered a contusion and hematoma to the right leg and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-05-24 | East Moline | Il | Deere & Company | Leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
On May 24, 2021, an employee had just moved some empty racks when a fork truck backed into one of the racks. The employee was crushed between the racks and suffered fractures to both legs. | |||||
2021-02-03 | East Moline | Il | Van Pelt Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On February 3, 2021, an employee was walking on the deck of a flatbed trailer to put straps on steel tubing. He tripped over a fixed piece of the trailer and fell off to the driveway below, breaking his left ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-16 | East Moline | Illinois | JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS | Multiple head locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
At about 5:40 a.m. on May 16, 2020, an employee fell while walking into work. The employee's face struck the concrete, causing a head contusion and a laceration above the right eye. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-24 | East Moline | Illinois | The Crown Group Co. | Whole body | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was running an electrical wire and ethernet cable across a large dip tank when the tank cover collapsed and the employee fell into the tank, which was full of alkaline cleaner. The employee received chemical burns across the entire body. | |||||
2018-09-24 | East Moline | Illinois | John Deere Harvester Works | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was painting a shear rack that was sitting on wheeled dollies. The rack shifted, causing the amputation of the employee's left middle fingertip in the pinch point between the rack and the dolly. | |||||
2018-02-21 | East Moline | Illinois | NESCO Resource LLC | Forearm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a forklift and made a sharp turn. The employee's left forearm was then caught between the forklift and an industrial shelving system (rack), fracturing the left radius and ulna bones. | |||||
2018-02-14 | East Moline | Illinois | Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
On February 14, 2018, around 5:40 a.m., an employee was walking through the plant when a rope from an empty laundry sling tangled around her foot/ankle. The employee bent over attempting to remove the rope from her foot/ankle, lost her balance and fell to the ground. She was hospitalized for a hip fracture. | |||||
2017-07-13 | East Moline | Illinois | JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was welding and attaching a manual load clamp when the employee's left little fingertip was caught and amputated in the clamp. | |||||
2017-05-24 | East Moline | Illinois | John Deere | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On May 24, 2017, at approximately 12:00 PM, an employee was working with metal parts when a metal sliver became lodged in his left middle finger. His hand later became severely infected and required hospitalization the following day. | |||||
2017-02-11 | East Moline | Illinois | H.C. Duke & Son LLC | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was preparing to weld when his left index finger entered the path of the weld, partially amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2015-12-08 | East Moline | Illinois | Production Cutting Service, Incorporated | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee operating a steel bending machine received a laceration that resulted in the partial amputation of his right pinky finger | |||||
2015-12-02 | East Moline | Illinois | JOHN DEERE HARVESTER WORKS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was holding down product in a weld fixture with their right hand. The employee's right pinky fingertip was pinched in one of two pivot points and the tip was amputated. | |||||
2015-10-06 | East Moline | Illinois | H.C. Duke & Son LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee tripped when the ice cream machine he was moving became tangled in his shoe lace. The machine fell over and landed on his left hand, fracturing four fingers. | |||||
2015-05-05 | East Moline | Illinois | Material Control Systems, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee's foot got caught on a rack inside a trailer, dislocating his left big toe and requiring hospitalization. |