| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-16 | Forest Park | Il | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall while sitting |
| An employee attempted to sit in a chair when they fell onto the floor, resulting in a broken right hip. | |||||
| 2021-10-15 | Forest Park | Ga | AmeriCold Logistics LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was selecting cases in the warehouse to fill an order. The employee was walking beside a motorized pallet jack using the arm control to move the pallet jack forward. The pallet jack turned toward the employee and ran into his ankle, resulting in a fracture. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Forest Park | Ga | AmeriCold Logistics LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was assisting in putting a chain back on the roller of a standup forklift. When the chain moved, the employee's gloved hand got caught in the chain, resulting in amputation of the right little finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-28 | Forest Park | Ga | House of Raeford Farms, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a pallet jack. It lost traction; when he tried to turn the handle to change direction, it would not turn and slid into a hallway rail. The employee's right leg was pinned between the rail and the jack, and his tibia and fibula were broken. | |||||
| 2021-07-25 | Forest Park | Ga | Humano LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee got off an electric pallet jack as it was coming to a stop. The pallet jack injured the employee's right foot. | |||||
| 2021-07-01 | Forest Park | Ga | AmeriCold Logistics LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee had been operating a pallet jack. The pallet jack moved while recharging and fractured the employee's ankle. | |||||
| 2021-05-20 | Forest Park | Ga | AAA Auto Club Group | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was winching a truck onto a flatbed hauler. The winch cable snapped and the employee suffered a left knee injury that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-03-16 | Forest Park | Ga | Inhance Technologies, Inc. | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| The employee was disconnecting old equipment and installing new equipment when he was exposed to hydrogen fluoride. He suffered chemical burns to the left arm and light burns to his left cheek and eye. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Forest Park | Ga | O'Reilly Auto Parts | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was moving a stuck pallet off a powered rider jack when he was caught between the rider jack and the pallet. The employee sustained broken bones in the right leg. | |||||
| 2020-08-21 | Forest Park | Ga | Aladdin Metal Production | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was forming parts on a 100-ton press brake and caught his left hand between the lower and upper die resulting in four broken fingers and a lacerated thumb. | |||||
| 2020-08-20 | Forest Park | Ga | HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to free a plastic bag that had become jammed in the bagging machine and suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-10 | Forest Park | Il | U.S. Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On August 10, 2020, at approximately 1:30 a.m., an employee fell to the floor while loading a mail container. The employee's foot became caught in the strip of the container and the employee sustained a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2020-06-30 | Forest Park | Georgia | VIATECH PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At about 12:30 p.m. on June 30, 2020, an employee was adjusting the position of books on a cutting machine. The clamp cycled and came down on the employee's hand, causing a partial finger amputation. | |||||
| 2020-06-22 | Forest Park | Georgia | AmeriCold Logistics LLC | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was backing up an electric pallet jack and hit a truck cart. He dismounted the pallet jack with his hand still on the steering arm, and caused the pallet jack to run into his leg. The employee sustained a left leg fracture. | |||||
| 2020-02-01 | Forest Park | Georgia | Supreme Sanitation Company, LLC. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a loading belt in a lettuce processing area. A piece of lettuce fell between the belt rollers, and as he was catching it the rollers caught the glove on his left hand. He suffered fractures to the fingers, as well as his left arm. | |||||
| 2018-09-11 | Forest Park | Georgia | Jomar Transportation | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating a stand-up forklift truck when he struck a guardrail, lacerating his right leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-07-09 | Forest Park | Georgia | J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was going out to get some trucks ready at the terminal when he fell over a curb stop and then fell into a shallow concrete berm. He suffered a broken right hip and two broken right ribs. | |||||
| 2018-05-22 | Forest Park | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was washing a CIS (center in shell) pump on a mogul machine when the employee was caught in the pump, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation. The interlock was not operational at the time. | |||||
| 2018-03-12 | Forest Park | Illinois | USPS | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was attempting to turn a standup tractor, but the tractor kept going straight, causing the employee to tumble and fracture a leg. | |||||
| 2018-03-06 | Forest Park | Georgia | General Produce, LLC | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was pulling stock with an electric pallet jack when his right leg was crushed between the jack and a rack, breaking his leg and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-10-03 | Forest Park | Georgia | Best Drive Tire, LLC | Multiple head locations | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was changing a tire using a large hammer. When he struck the tire with the hammer, it bounced back and hit his eye and head. | |||||
| 2017-08-25 | Forest Park | Georgia | Apache Logistics, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was inside the trailer on the back of a truck. When he was exiting the trailer, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, suffering a head concussion. | |||||
| 2017-04-06 | Forest Park | Georgia | Filet of Chicken | Multiple leg locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee opened a valve to remove hot oil from a fryer. The hot oil then splashed him, causing second degree burns to his upper and lower left leg and minor burns to his face. | |||||
| 2017-03-30 | Forest Park | Georgia | Job1USA | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was exiting a golf cart when she tripped, hit her head on a wall, and then fell on her left knee. She suffered a left knee fracture and a concussion. | |||||
| 2017-02-27 | Forest Park | Georgia | House of Raeford, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning near the fryer conveyor belt and made contact with the sprocket amputating the right middle finger at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-06-14 | Forest Park | Illinois | U. S. Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was hospitalized after falling down the stairs. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Forest Park | Georgia | DHL eCommerce | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped and fell over a basket on the floor, fracturing her hip. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | Forest Park | Illinois | Riggs Distler & Company, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was tossed from an aerial lift/bucket when the silo/pole being lifted broke away and struck the arm of the aerial lift. The employee sustained a broken left ankle and pelvis, a punctured lung, and a concussion. | |||||
| 2016-02-27 | Forest Park | Georgia | Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was struck by a large 4 ft. X 2 ft. piston while cleaning a dough machine resulting in trauma to the forearm. | |||||
| 2016-01-14 | Forest Park | Georgia | USA Truck Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a pneumatic jack to raise up a tractor truck. Once it was raised, and while he was attempting to place the jack stand under the leaf spring, the truck slipped off the jack. The truck trapped the employee's right hand between the leaf spring and the jack stand, crushing and amputating his right index finger. | |||||
| 2016-01-14 | Forest Park | Georgia | Enterprise Car Rental | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was standing on a box truck lift gate and riding it up to the closed position (from the ground). His right toe was crushed when it was pinched between the lift gate and the truck bed. | |||||
| 2015-11-09 | Forest Park | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was cutting the plastic bands off of a bundle of cardboard boxes when the knife cut her arm. | |||||
| 2015-07-17 | Forest Park | Georgia | International Paper | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee cleaning equipment bumped against a heated roll and suffered burns to the forearm and stomach areas. | |||||
| 2015-06-30 | Forest Park | Georgia | Phillips Electrical Technology, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was performing maintenance on a machine and removed a pin. A part fell and struck the employee on the leg causing a fracture. | |||||
| 2015-04-09 | Forest Park | Georgia | DHL Global | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was stung by a bee and hospitalized following an allergic reaction. | |||||
| 2015-02-24 | Forest Park | Georgia | Kuehne + Knagel, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| Employee was injured by a powered industrial truck that rolled back over the employee's foot. The employee suffered broken bones in the foot. | |||||
| 2015-01-29 | Forest Park | Illinois | Ferrara Candy Company | Multiple upper extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was injured on his right shoulder, arm, and hand by hot water while cleaning a hopper. Based on his condition, he was sent to the clinic then further referred to the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | Forest Park | Georgia | Arko Veal Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee's finger was amputated in the Meat Processing department while using a band saw to cut meat. | |||||