Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-21	Effingham	Il	Whelan Security Co	Eye(s)	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
While assisting hospital staff with a combative patient, an employee was struck in the eye by the patient's hand/fist. The employee sustained a contusion to the face and injury to the eye.
2021-09-14	Effingham	Il	John Boos & Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was repairing the lift assist on a dock lock system. The block used to support the frame came loose and caused the frame to fall, hitting the employee's left bicep and causing a partial amputation to a finger on the employee's left hand.
2021-08-12	Effingham	Il	Ameren Illinois Company	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had installed a new pole and returned to the operating center when they began to feel light-headed and nauseous. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.
2021-01-29	Effingham	Il	C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking across the street/parking lot, slipped on ice and fell. The employee's head struck the pavement/curb. The employee was hospitalized with intracranial bleeding and a right wrist sprain. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-10-12	Effingham	Il	Quad/Graphics Marketing LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a plate on the press and amputated fingertips.
2020-07-28	Effingham	Illinois	Peerless of America II Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a polishing cloth to clean aluminum tubes after they were cut by the automatic circular saw. As the employee was moving aluminum tubing down the finishing table air that was blowing from a fan flipped a corner of the polishing cloth that was in his hand under the saw guard. The saw then pulled in the cloth and the employee's right index finger was amputated.
2020-02-13	Effingham	Illinois	Effingham Equity	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was servicing an airlock machine when it amputated his left index, middle, and ring fingertips.
2020-01-11	Effingham	Illinois	John Boos & Co.	Nonclassifiable	Shooting by other person-unintentional
An employee was accidentally shot by a customer's concealed hand gun. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-13	Effingham	Illinois	Stevens Cabinets, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
At about 4:00 p.m. on February 13, 2019, while measuring glue at a veneer press, an employee was pinned between the press and an automated stacker. The employee suffered contusions/cuts and was hospitalized.
2018-07-20	Effingham	Illinois	Quad/Graphics Printing Corp.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While walking on the shop floor, an employee tripped on a motor guard and fell to the ground, suffering a broken hip.
2017-07-29	Effingham	Illinois	Fed Ex Supply Chain	Lower leg(s)	Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle
On July 29, 2017, an employee operating a forklift received an injury that resulted in the amputation of the lower right leg.
2017-04-24	Effingham	Illinois	Sherwin Williams	Skull	Other fall to lower level
On April 24, 2017, an employee fell from a rolling staircase ladder while repairing the mast on a hi-lift. The employee was hospitalized for a skull fracture.
2017-02-15	Effingham	Illinois	FedEx Supply Chain Services, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On 02/15/2017, at approximately 1200, an employee was operating a stand-up lift truck when the employee's left foot became stuck between the lift and a rack system. The employee suffered foot lacerations and was hospitalized.
2016-06-27	Effingham	Illinois	Pilot Travel Center LLC, Store 165	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a step stool to scan products with a hand-held scanner unit. The employee then fell from the stool, injuring a leg and fracturing the left hip.
2016-01-19	Effingham	Illinois	Koerner Distributor, Inc.	Brain	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee walked in front of a forklift and was knocked down by the forklift hitting his head on the ground.
2015-12-15	Effingham	Illinois	PEERLESS OF AMERICA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 12/15/15 at approximately 1:00 PM, an employee operating Rounder Machine #150 was in the process of feeding a 2" x 1/2" piece of copper stock material and inadvertently actuated the mechanism resulting in a partial amputation to the right index finger.