DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-07-14EatonOhNeaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc.Multiple body partsFall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
An employee working at a loading dock entered the back of a truck. The truck pulled away causing the employee to fall out of the truck. The employee sustained a concussion, left forehead hematoma, broken left shoulder, and broken left heal.
2021-06-29EatontownNjUNITED PARCEL SERVICE NY CORPBODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee had been delivering packages and was hospitalized for dehydration.
2021-05-26EatontonGaCosmo Cabinets Inc.Hand(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While cleaning inside a machine, an employee contacted a rotating blade and sustained a hand laceration.
2021-05-20EatonCoAgfinity Inc. - Corporate OfficeHand(s) and finger(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was attempting to clear the air lock by scooping the feed down with a grain shovel. While standing on the pile of feed, he lost his balance. As he went to catch himself, his hand was caught in the air lock resulting in a broken thumb/hand.
2021-05-20EatonCoAlpine Staffing SolutionsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
A temporary employee was cleaning an airlock from on top of a pile of feed. He began to fall, and his hand was caught in the airlock as he tried to catch himself. He suffered a broken thumb.
2021-01-27WheatonMnRaguse Family PartnershipMultiple body partsFall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was using a manlift when the top pulley became detached from the anchor point in the manlift's head house and the employee fell within the manlift, resulting in two fractured arms and a fractured vertebra.
2020-05-20WheatonIllinoisPipe Strong LLC.BrainOther fall to lower level
An employee fell from a flatbed trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a broken skull, with brain bleeding, and was hospitalized.
2020-03-24EatontonGeorgiaUFP Eatonton, LLCHand(s) and finger(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was moving lumber from a saw to a conveyor. The employee's right hand was pulled into the conveyor belt. The hand and finger(s) were lacerated and broken.
2019-08-21WheatonIllinoisArea Erectors Inc.Wrist(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing onto a trailer when he fell to the ground, breaking his wrist and injuring his hip.
2019-08-15WheatonIllinoisRomexterra Construction Inc.BrainOther fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from a ladder when he fell off, landing on the ground 7 or 8 feet below. He suffered a head injury requiring sutures and a concussion and was hospitalized.
2018-09-24EatonColoradoPenhall CompanyFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was installing a new drum of sealant into the road sealant machine and caught their left thumb between the compression piston and plunger assembly resulting in amputation of the distal end.
2018-04-18WheatonIllinoisCatigny FoundationChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersOther fall to lower level
On April 18, 2018, an employee was standing on a bale of hay while restacking straw in a barn when the straw bales moved, causing him to lose his balance and fall. He hit a railing as he fell and landed on the other side, breaking ribs and requiring surgery.
2017-10-09EatontonGeorgiaUnited Forest Products CompanyBack, including spine, spinal cordStruck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was stacking wood about 28 feet from a rip saw when a piece of wood was thrown from the rip saw and struck the employee in the back. The wood impaled his back and went through his stomach.
2016-08-17Mount EatonOhioARE Accessories LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was operating a 10-inch table saw to cut a piece of 1/4-inch plywood when the plywood kicked back and caught his finger. Due to the extent of the injury, his left index finger had to be surgically amputated.
2016-08-17EatontownNew JerseyHATTERAS PRESS, INC.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's thumb was pinched and lacerated between the rollers of a folding machine, requiring hospitalization.
2015-08-20EatonOhioNeaton Auto Products Manufacturing, Inc.Elbow(s)Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was in the mold maintenance area unloading an approximately 4 ft. by 4 ft. steel mold from the transport trailer with a crane. He stepped up on the trailer (approximately 29 inches high) and as he was stepping down from the trailer, he slipped and fell to the floor fracturing his left elbow in multiple places. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the fractures.
2015-03-29EatonOhioNeaton Auto Products Hip(s)Fall on same level
An employee fell on plastic pellets from a hopper and broke his left hip. He was hospitalized.