| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-08 | Evans | Ga | Walmart Supercenter | Ankle(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was making a bale. He brought over an empty pallet and as he turned away, the pallet fell on his right ankle, resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2021-08-12 | Evansville | In | United States Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was driving a delivery truck and walking while performing a city delivery route when they began to experience heat-related dehydration. | |||||
| 2021-06-26 | Evans | Ga | Help at Home | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over the open door of a dishwasher and fell, suffering a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2021-01-31 | Evans | Ga | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee climbed a mobile ladder stand on wheels in order to place a box on a shelf. The worker lost balance and fell 6.5 feet to the ground when the box hit a plastic pipe. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2020-09-07 | Evanston | Il | Northwestern University | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| A graduate student was performing an experiment under a fume hood. Fumes from the acetone and the ether the student was using ignited and the employee suffered second-degree burns to the torso and hands. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Evans | Ga | Georgia Power Company | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was in the bucket of a bucket truck, repairing a storm-damaged electrical distribution line at the top of a pole. The employee was shocked, suffering first- and second-degree burns. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Evanston | Wyoming | U.S. POSTAL SERVICE | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was getting out of their vehicle on their mail route, slipped in slush, and fell to the ground breaking the left ankle. | |||||
| 2020-01-23 | Evansville | Wisconsin | Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was standing near stacked steel beams, using a handheld remote to raise the top beam with a crane. When the beam was lifted up, the bottom beam became unstable and shifted off the dunnage onto the employee's right leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the lower leg. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | Evanston | Illinois | U. S. Postal Service | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading a mail truck when the cable for the rear cargo door broke causing the door to fall on the employee's head. The employee sustained a cut and a concussion. | |||||
| 2019-09-07 | Evanston | Illinois | U. S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On September 7, 2019, an employee was walking out of the lobby when he slipped on a rubber mat and fell to the floor. He hit his head, causing a deep laceration, and fractured his hip, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Evanston | Illinois | Crown Energy Services, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 12:30 on March 13, 2019, an employee was climbing a 6-foot ladder, reached the third or fourth rung, and opened a light fixture lens cover to replace the light bulb. The light fixture (and an 18-by-7-foot section of the T-bar ceiling) fell and knocked the employee off the ladder. He suffered a concussion. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Evanston | Illinois | National Heat & Power Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a rodder snake to unclog a 4-inch sewer line. The rod hit a blockage while being pulled back and bound around the employee's left hand severing part of the ring finger at approximately the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2018-07-09 | Evanston | Illinois | Northwestern University | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was sitting on the dock when a coworker started an RTV, which then moved forward and crushed her leg between the RTV and the dock. She was hospitalized with a leg fracture. | |||||
| 2018-03-01 | Evanston | Illinois | AMS Mechanical Systems | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 36" from a ladder while installing flashing on ductwork, fracturing the left hip and left wrist. | |||||
| 2017-09-18 | Evansville | Wisconsin | Seneca Foods Corporation | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| The lima bean combine harvester was having infeed problems. An employee climbed up on the machine head to observe the problem. The harvester operator was unaware the employee was there and raised the machine head. The employee was struck/pinched by the machine head fracturing three ribs. | |||||
| 2017-04-26 | Evanston | Illinois | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | Arm(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was carrying a pot of hot water to the sink when the employee slipped, resulting in hospitalization for first and second degree burns to the employee's arm. | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Evans City | Pennsylvania | Marburger Farm Dairy Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was changing a pasteurizer system's probe, which was located on a pipe cap. When the cap was removed, the employee was sprayed with heated water. | |||||
| 2017-01-17 | Evans | Colorado | Xator Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trying to remove a tool extender bit from a hand drill wearing slip-resistant gloves. The employee grasped the tool extender bit and when the drill was turned on, the glove became entangled and torqued. His finger was squeezed between the glove and drill bit, amputating the left pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-22 | Evanston | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee complained of feeling faint while working at the customer service window of the post office. The air conditioning was not working all day. The employee was hospitalized due to heat illness. | |||||
| 2016-08-04 | Evanston | Illinois | Walsh Construction Company | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was walking from one location to another and needed to step over a small foundation wall. His foot became caught on a wire and he tripped and fell 1.5 feet, fracturing his tibia. | |||||
| 2016-07-19 | Evanston | Illinois | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | Hand(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was servicing a chilled water line by cleaning the line with hydrogen peroxide. There was a combustible reaction and the pressure blew the lid off the stream filter housing unit. The lid struck the employee on the right hand that was being used to protect his face, causing multiple hand fractures requiring surgery. Minor burns were also incurred on the right hand/arm. | |||||
| 2016-05-26 | Evanston | Illinois | WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While assisting in material handling operations, an employee's finger was crushed between a skid steer fork and a concrete slab. The employee suffered a fingertip laceration resulting in amputation and fingernail loss. | |||||
| 2016-02-17 | Evanston | Illinois | Kelso - Burnett Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was traveling from the second floor to the first floor and was about halfway down the first run of stairs toward the platform when he fell and landed with his face hitting the platform wall. The employee suffered two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, a shoulder injury and a dislodged lower tooth. | |||||
| 2016-02-15 | Evanston | Illinois | Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working after the store closed. He was using a reach truck to remove a vanity from a pallet that was stored in an overhead rack. He stepped backwards off the operator platform and fell approximately three feet to the ground level fracturing his collarbone. The safety belt and lanyard were not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | Evansville | Wisconsin | Metal Culverts, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking into the building and had snow on the bottom of his shoes. He slipped and fell, breaking his ankle. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | Evans City | Pennsylvania | Bilfinger Westcon | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee broke two bones in his left leg when he slipped in the pea gravel and his leg slid under a cradle that was being used to support and hold in place a steel pipe. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Evanston | Illinois | Musco Sports Lighting LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On September 24, 2015, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee's middle fingertip became caught inside the pin hole of a crane that was being used to set up temporary lighting. The employee was coming off the ladder and used the pin hole for leverage. The crane operator thought he was clear to actuate the boom, and while doing so the employee's fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-08-06 | Evanston | Illinois | Presence Health | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was sanitizing a hospital room after a patient was discharged. The employee slipped on cleaning solvent and landed on her left knee, breaking the knee cap. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Evansville | Wisconsin | Landmark Services Cooperative | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stacking tire rims when a stack began to fall. The employee tried to catch the falling tire rims, which crushed his pinky finger on his left hand. His pinky finger was surgically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2015-03-27 | Evans City | Pennsylvania | Frontier Construction | Nonclassifiable | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was injured and hospitalized after being hit by a falling tree limb while felling trees. | |||||