| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-07 | Flora | Illinois | Franklin Well Services LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was assisting with services related to cementing (closing) an oil well when a valve detached from the wellhead under pressure. Part of the valve hit the employee's legs, fracturing the left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2019-01-25 | Flora | Illinois | SILGAN PLASTIC CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At approximately 11:00 p.m., on 1/25/2019, an employee pulled a bottle from a running machine for a required quality check and caught his left index finger in the machine resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
| 2018-04-25 | Flora | Illinois | NPC International dba Pizza Hut | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was cleaning a grease trap and dropped the grease trap onto his toe. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured toe. | |||||
| 2017-06-01 | Flora | Illinois | GSI Group LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was standing next to a banded pile of sheet metal that was sitting on the forks of a parked forklift. The shipping bands broke, allowing the sheet metal to slip off the forks and strike the employee's legs, breaking both ankles. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | Flora | Mississippi | Waste Management of Central Mississippi | Multiple body parts | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway |
| An employee was emptying trash cans into a garbage truck hopper and was struck by an oncoming delivery truck resulting in a broken left arm and two broken teeth. | |||||
| 2016-04-27 | Flora | Illinois | Southwire Company LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee removed state bolts from one of two supporting flanges while working on railing. Both flanges, as well as the equipment they supported, then collapsed on the employee. The employee suffered four broken ribs and a broken tailbone and pelvis. | |||||
| 2015-06-30 | Flora | Illinois | THE GSI GROUP, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was troubleshooting a sensor on a pallet table for a laser machine. The table moved and struck the employee breaking the employee's lower leg. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | Flora | Illinois | North American Lighting, Inc. | Coccygeal region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On 2/19/15 at approximately 5:30 PM, an employee slipped on black ice in the parking lot, injuring her tail bone and requiring overnight hospitalization. | |||||