Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Franklin	Wi	Beacon Sales Acquisitions Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating the stabilizers on a boom truck. A stabilizer pinched the employee's left ring finger, amputating the fingertip.
2021-11-15	Franklin Park	Il	R.C.M. Industries, Inc. dba Aallied Die Casting Company of Illinois	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
Employees were clearing die cast lines. The injured employee was reconnecting the hot oil hose to the die frame. The employee pulled on the hose, which came in contact with the hot oil valve and caused hot oil to release. The hot oil struck the employee who suffered third degree burns to the upper right arm, ear, face, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-11-03	Franklin	Il	Prairieland FS, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was performing maintenance on an ammonia wagon when a valve opened, spraying the employee in the face and causing them to inhale ammonia. The employee suffered inhalation chemical burns.
2021-10-20	Franklin	Oh	H & W Screw Product	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was demonstrating to a co-worker how to remove the chuck from a collet system on a CNC lathe. The employee had his fingers behind the chuck and when he went to remove it, the foot pedal was pressed and the collet system closed on his left hand fingers, resulting in amputation of the middle and index fingertips.
2021-08-12	Franklin Park	Il	Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a drawing bench. The rollers caught the employee's shirt, then the glove on his right hand. The rollers then pulled in his hand, breaking four fingers.
2021-08-09	Franklin	Oh	Ferco Tech	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was entering an area through an opening in a plastic curtain barricade. The employee's foot got caught on the bottom of the curtain and she fell to the concrete floor, breaking both wrists.
2021-08-02	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cutting heating element wire. The employee was adjusting the cutting blade when the piston arm activated and their finger was pinched in the machine, causing a laceration and a broken finger. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-14	Franklin	Oh	NC Works Inc	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a machine when the machine activated and pulled in their left hand. The employee sustained broken bones in their hand as well as a severe laceration that required stitches.
2021-04-26	Franklin	Oh	Modula Inc - Ohio	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
While painting was being done by a contractor, an employee working in the assembly area had an allergic reaction to the latex floor paint. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-04-22	Franklin Park	Il	IAM Acquisition, LLC dba Coregistics	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
During a tooling change on a piece of equipment, a maintenance mechanic had just removed a heat plate when another employee walked in his direction. He flipped the hot plate toward his chest to keep it from touching the other employee and suffered a pulled or torn muscle in the upper left arm and shoulder.
2021-04-08	Franklin	Ny	Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was felling a large tree. As the tree fell, it contacted another large tree, causing that tree to become uprooted and fall. That tree then contacted a dead tree, causing a large section of the dead tree to break off. Pieces of the dead tree section struck the employee in the back, resulting in three fractured ribs.
2021-04-08	Franklin Park	Il	Graph-Pak Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment
A bale of cardboard fell onto an employee, causing multiple fractures.
2021-03-23	Franklin Park	Il	Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to load a bundle of hexagonal bars onto the conveyor belt of a die bench machine. When the employee unstrapped the bundle, a hexagonal bar moved and crushed the tip of his left thumb against another bar resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-03-10	Franklin Park	Il	FerValue USA Incorporated	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a roller that belongs to a conveyor when his hand got caught between the conveyor belt and a roller, resulting in a fracture in his lower left arm. The machine was running at the time.
2021-02-26	Franklin Park	Il	KOCH MEAT CO., INC. dba Koch Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was trying to remove jammed packing plastic from a machine. The machine's cutting knives activated and amputated the tip of the employee's left middle finger.
2021-02-18	Franklin Park	Il	New Albertsons, Inc. dba Jewel Osco	Ankle(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was wrapping a pallet when they were struck in the ankle by the fork of a forklift. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.
2021-02-12	Franklin Park	Il	KOCH MEAT CO., INC. dba Koch Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On February 12, 2021, an employee was unjamming a wrapper machine when the blade rotated and contacted the employee's fingertip resulting in an amputation.
2020-10-19	Franklin	Wi	R.A. Smith, Inc.	Pelvic region	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in work zone
A road was being prepared for new asphalt. Another contractor was milling down existing asphalt and then running a sweeper machine to push the loose asphalt to the middle of the road so it could be picked up. An employee was inspecting the work by measuring the depth of the milling operation when the street sweeper backed up and struck him. The employee sustained injuries to the pelvic area.
2020-10-19	Franklin	Wi	Rocore Holdings, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a saw to cut a 2x4 and amputated half of his thumb. The saw was not guarded at the time.
2020-10-05	Franklin	Ga	FRANKLIN ALUMINUM COMPANY, INC.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was preparing the molding machine for the shift by removing the sprue plug from the injector. When the sprue was removed, hot resin struck the employee's left hand and arm resulting in first and second degree burns.
2020-09-22	Franklin Park	Il	B & M Plastic Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a plastic trimming machine when the trimming blade amputated their right ring fingertip.
2020-09-16	Franklin Park	Il	Fervalue USA INC.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On September 16, 2020, an employee tripped over a rail in a warehouse aisle. She fell, striking her knee on the concrete floor. She was hospitalized and underwent surgery for the knee injury.
2020-09-14	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was welding and crushed their left index finger between a weld point and the metal plate in the weld fixture resulting in amputation.
2020-09-04	Franklin	Wi	Central Garden and Pet Company	Wrist(s)	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
An employee was straightening a stack of glass sheets when a piece of glass lacerated his left wrist.
2020-08-25	Franklin Park	Il	IAM Acquisition, LLC dba Coregistics	Nonclassifiable	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
A spray can exploded on a conveyor line after getting jammed near a heat plate. Three employees suffered burns and one was hospitalized.
2020-08-06	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Forehead	Other fall to lower level
An employee lost consciousness while dismounting a forklift, fell, and struck his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized and required stitches to the forehead.
2020-06-26	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Tri-County Industries, Inc.	Upper and lower limb(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident
A garbage truck driver had picked up a trash bag and was walking back to his truck when a vehicle struck him, knocking him unconscious. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder and a broken bone above his right ankle. He was hospitalized.
2020-06-16	Franklin Park	Illinois	Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a continuous draw machine when his right hand entered the point of operation, resulting in the amputation of the two middle fingers.
2020-06-15	Franklin	Georgia	JAC Products, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was holding down the hose pump to transfer chemicals from the dip tank to a tote. The employee was exposed via inhalation to phosphoric acid resulting in chemical burns to the lung.
2020-06-12	Franklin Park	Illinois	Midwest Foods Manufacturing, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee was attempting to clear a jam on a conveyor. The employee's hand was between the conveyor bars when the equipment moved and cut the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2020-06-11	Franklin	Massachusett	XPO Logistics	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee collapsed while moving merchandize and experienced shortness of breath, facial tingling, and numbness in his face and hand. He was hospitalized due to dehydration.
2020-05-06	Franklin Park	Illinois	KOCH MEAT CO., INC. dba Koch Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was rinsing down a tub wash machine in the off position with a water hose when he noticed a piece of plastic in the machine and turned it on. He was attempting to retrieve the plastic when the moving conveyor belt caught his glove and proceeded to cut his finger, resulting in an amputation to the left ring finger.
2020-03-15	Franklin	Texas	Fluor Enterprises, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was lowering an object into a pulverizer when his fingers were caught in a come-a-long chain. His left index finger was amputated at the hospital and the left middle finger was pinned and sutured.
2020-02-28	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Specialty Fabrication and Powder Coating, LLC - Franklin	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was roll-forming sheet metal into an 8-inch tube. The radius had been made too small. The employee tried to pull the metal piece out and their right hand was pulled into the roller. The pinky and ring fingers on their right hand were smashed resulting in medical amputation of the pinky finger. The machine was in auto-run at the time.
2020-02-19	Franklin Park	Illinois	Carlisle Construction Materials, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to unjam an auto shear machine when his hand entered an area where a temporary guard was loose and the machine amputated his left pinky finger.
2020-02-07	Franklin Park	Illinois	R.C.M. Industries, Inc. dba Aallied Die Casting Company of Illinois	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was troubleshooting a die cast machine. The top part of the die plunged at high velocity and hot metal was expelled, causing second- and third-degree burns to the employee's right arm, chest, and face.
2020-01-14	Franklin Park	Illinois	Werner Enterprises, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A truck driver was performing a delivery. While walking towards the customer's lift gate, the driver slipped and fell sustaining a fractured shoulder.
2019-09-18	Franklin	Georgia	JAC Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was changing the saw blade on a piece of machinery. A tool fell onto the machine, causing it to activate, and the blade amputated the employee's middle and ring fingers at the first knuckle.
2019-09-18	Franklin	Wisconsin	Rocore Holdings, Inc.	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On September 18, 2019, an employee was removing rust from a round stock with emery paper while the part was turning on a lathe when the employee's glove was caught on the round stock, resulting in hand injuries.
2019-08-26	Franklin	Massachusett	Big Y Foods, Inc.	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee had been baking donuts and was walking when the employee slipped on water and fell to the floor, injuring the left knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-06	Franklin	Ohio	Novolex, Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking down a two-step stairway, and either missed a step or his foot gave out. The employee landed on the floor and fractured a hip.
2019-05-28	Franklin Park	Illinois	Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC	Foot (feet)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking in the lunch room slipped on the wet floor and fell. The employee suffered a fractured right foot that required surgery.
2019-02-28	Franklin Furnace	Ohio	Haverhill Coke Company LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
Two employees were working to couple two empty railcars. The wheel of one of the cars ran over an employee's right foot, resulting in the amputation of several toes.
2019-02-10	Franklin	Massachusett	PANERA BREAD	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning the hopper on a roll making machine and lacerated their hand and fingers when the machine was energized.
2019-01-28	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Honeywell Safety Products	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two maintenance employees were working together replacing a shaft pin, bushings, and spacers on a crimping machine. While they were attempting to lower the top half via a crane into the bottom half, the parts became misaligned. The first employee used his finger to feel inside the shaft hole and determine why it was not fitting together. The second employee, who was at the controls of the hoist, lifted the part, causing the very tip of the first employee's left index finger to become caught. The
2019-01-17	Franklin Park	Illinois	Viking Materials, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On January 17, 2019, an employee was dumping scrap by hand when a scrap hopper tipped over, causing scrap to spill out onto the employee's feet. The employee's feet were pinned against a conveyor, fracturing both ankles.
2019-01-10	Franklin	Wisconsin	Nova Coil, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee cycled a saw/weld machine using the two-handed control. The machine did not immediately cycle so the employee attempted to pull the workpiece out. The machine then cycled and amputated the first digit of the employee's left index finger.
2019-01-03	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Franklin Bronze Precision Components, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was grinding a large stainless steel part on a double-end belt grinder when his right index finger was caught between the belt and the grinding wheel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2018-09-07	Franklin	Ohio	ChemGroup, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was delivering sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to a customer by tanker truck. The customer directed the employee to the incorrect unloading station, and the sodium hypochlorite was unloaded into a hydrofluorosilicic acid tank. The chemicals were incompatible and produced chlorine gas, which the employee inhaled.
2018-08-19	Franklin	Ohio	Huhtamaki, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clean a printing machine roller when the employee's finger entered a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The roller was unguarded at the time.
2018-08-10	Franklin Park	Illinois	MIDWEST BRASS FORGING CO.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee sustained an amputation to the right index finger while operating a 45-ton punch press.
2018-07-21	Franklin	Ohio	Atrium Medical Center	Brain	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
An employee was assisting to subdue a patient when they fell and struck their head on the floor causing a subdural hematoma.
2018-07-20	Franklin Park	Illinois	Mandel Metals, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was moving an aluminum sheet when it slipped. The employee attempted to grab it and the sheet lacerated the employee's right wrist.
2018-07-03	Franklin Park	Illinois	Mandel Metals, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping a punch press operator punch holes in a sheet of aluminum that was approximately 72" x 80". The employee and the punch press operator attempted to flip the sheet in order to punch the other side when the sheet slipped. The employee attempted to catch the sheet and received a laceration to his left wrist, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-06-18	Franklin	Ohio	Finley Fire Equipment	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing the cylinder of a rebuilt hydraulic lift on a fire truck. The cylinder dropped onto the employee's right ring finger; the fingertip was amputated to the first knuckle.
2018-06-16	Franklin	Ohio	Cheney Pulp and Paper Company	Eye(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was struck in the eye while picking up steel strapping, suffering an eye laceration that required hospitalization. Safety glasses were not worn at the time of the incident.
2018-06-04	Franklin Park	Illinois	Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was checking an exhaust fan on the roof. While descending from the roof using the fixed ladder, he missed one of the ladder rungs and fell approximately four feet to the concrete floor. He broke his left hip/femur bone and was admitted to the hospital.
2018-05-18	Franklin Park	Illinois	Valmont Industries Empire Galvanizing	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving material with a hoist. As he was setting the material down, the I-beam that held the material fell over onto his left leg, crushing and causing an open wound to his left shin.
2018-05-11	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Graham Machine, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was sanding a part on a lathe when his right index finger became caught and amputated in a hole on the rotating part.
2018-04-17	Franklin Park	Illinois	INTERPLEX DAYSTAR, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At approximately 22:50 hrs. on April 17, 2018, an employee was changing a reel on a machine when the die actuated and came down on his left hand, resulting in a partial amputation to the first knuckle of his index finger.
2018-04-10	Franklin Lakes	New Jersey	Gaeta Recycling Co., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was putting vegetation into a hopper when two of his left-hand fingers were amputated by the hopper blade roller.
2018-02-19	Franklin	Texas	Fluor Corporation	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was walking on a flatbed tractor trailer while loading equipment. He was checking to make sure chains were not trapped between the load and dunnage when he tripped over the dunnage and fell 57.5 inches off the trailer to the concrete below, fracturing his pelvis.
2018-02-16	Franklin	Texas	Brace Integrated Services, Inc.	Head	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was receiving scaffold materials up to the 21st floor via an engineered opening in the scaffold flooring. The employee fell approximately 14 feet through a gap in the scaffold flooring. The employee struck his head in the fall and was hospitalized. The employee was not tied off at the time.
2018-01-31	Franklin	Ohio	Atlas Roofing Corporation	Foot (feet)	Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
Am employee was walking up to a parked lift to get some paperwork when the lift moved, striking his foot and breaking two bones.
2018-01-25	Franklin Park	Illinois	Nestle Chocolate & Confection Company, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell while walking down the stairs, breaking her arm.
2018-01-24	Franklin	Massachusett	Ryder Transportation	Fingertip(s)	Nonclassifiable
On 1/24/2018, an employee suffered a fingertip amputation while repairing a truck's lift gate.
2018-01-15	Franklin Park	Illinois	Mandel Metals, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was walking in an open aisleway when he drifted into the main aisleway and was struck by a forklift, fracturing his lower right leg.
2017-10-05	Franklin Park	Illinois	Koch Foods Distribution Center	Brain	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was working with a pallet recovery machine when he lost his footing and fell backward, hitting his head.
2017-08-03	Franklin Furnace	Ohio	G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers, Inc.	Lumbar region	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was using a forklift to unload product inside a truck trailer when the truck (with trailer attached) started to pull away. Both the employee and forklift fell out of the trailer and landed on the ground below. The employee was hospitalized overnight with a lower back sprain.
2017-06-28	Franklin	Wisconsin	API Heat Transfer, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
An employee was putting a 250 lb. steel coil back onto a skid after it had fallen off the skid while placing the skid onto pallet racking. The coil started sliding off again and the sharp edge amputated the right middle fingertip.
2017-05-19	Franklinville	North Caroli	U.S. Postal Service	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On Friday, May 19, 2017, at approximately 9:48am, an employee was driving her car on her rural delivery route when the car overheated. She parked the vehicle, got out, and attempted to raise the hood when hot antifreeze spewed out of the front grill and burned her from the waist down and on both wrists. She suffered second degree burns and was hospitalized.
2017-03-15	Franklin Park	New Jersey	Stein Mart Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was leaving the store for the evening and slipped and fell on the icy sidewalk sustaining multiple fractures. The employee fractured her left cheek, left wrist and pelvis.
2017-03-02	Franklin Park	Illinois	R.C.M. Industries, Inc. dba Aallied Die Casting Company of Illinois	Multiple head locations	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was adjusting the hydraulic pressure setting on a 1200- ton die casting machine when a component of the machine broke free and struck the employee in the face resulting in injuries requiring hospitalization. The employee sustained a fractured eye socket and a fracture to the back of the head.
2017-02-15	Franklin Park	Illinois	IAM ACQUISITION, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was cutting stretch film for pallets when he was pinned between a stack of pallets and a forklift being operated near the stretch film cutting station. He suffered broken ribs and liver damage.
2017-01-21	Franklin Park	Illinois	Graph-Pak Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 21, 2017, an employee was using a rag to clean grease off a printing press when the rag became caught in the machine. A moving part then pulled the employee's left index finger into the machine, amputating the fingertip. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.
2016-10-20	Franklin Park	Illinois	Terminal Operations Management Inc.	Pelvis	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was inspecting the seal of a container on a truck when the truck pulled away/forward. The employee was struck by the truck chassis and run over by the wheels, fracturing his pelvis.
2016-09-02	Franklin	Ohio	Ferco Tech	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was helping a delivery driver move the dock plate by hand. The driver let go of the dock plate and it fell onto the employee's hand and amputated a finger.
2016-08-30	Franklin Park	Illinois	Metal Box International, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee slipped while retrieving a part that had fallen off a suspended conveyor in the parts washing area. The employee's right foot was submerged into a phosphoric acid cleaning solution resulting in burns to his right ankle and 1/2 way up his calf.
2016-08-29	Franklin	Massachusett	ITWEAE, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee had his hand on a screen printer while another employee was performing a calibration. The machine went to park and caught the employee's left thumb. The left thumb was amputated from the nail forward.
2016-07-15	Franklin Park	Illinois	Mandel Metals, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The employee was working at the stacker end of the cut to length line. The table in the stacker was being raised to be at the same elevation as the conveyor on the cut to length line so product could begin to be stacked. The employee went to remove a board from the table and his right middle finger was caught between the board on the table and the stacker resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2016-07-15	Franklinton	Louisiana	United States Postal Service	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was using a ladder to retrieve a package in the storage area. She miss-stepped coming down the ladder, fell, and tried to catching herself using her leg. Her leg broke beneath the knee.
2016-06-30	Franklin	New Hampshir	Beck & Bellucci, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered a finger amputation.
2016-06-23	Franklin	Massachusett	Garelick Farms	Pelvis	Moving in same direction, nonroadway
Two employees were driving stackers, traveling in the same direction one behind the other and with the squeeze mechanisms trailing. The first employee stopped, and the squeeze mechanism of the first stacker went through the back opening of the driver's compartment and struck the second employee in the pelvis.
2016-06-17	Franklin Park	Illinois	Magna-Tech Manufacturing	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On June 17, 2016, an employee was cleaning a part with compressed air when the compressed air injured the employee's hand.
2016-05-31	Franklin Park	Illinois	Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee operating the pneumatic E-Unit press suffered an amputation to his left thumb from the nail bed up.
2016-03-02	Franklin	New Hampshir	WEBSTER VALVE CO.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a machine when the machine cycled while his arm was inside. He suffered two fractures to his right arm.
2016-01-31	Franklin	Ohio	Sonoco Products Company	Skull	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
While raising up in a lift to repair loose pipe insulation, a maintenance employee was struck in the head by a ceiling fan blade, suffering a skull fracture.
2016-01-06	Franklin	Pennsylvania	Fazio Mechanical Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Slip without fall, n.e.c.
An employee was preparing to conduct preventative maintenance activities on an HVAC unit on the roof of the building. He took the front panel off the unit. He slipped/lost his footing, causing his hand to enter the unit and get caught in the desiccant belt wheel. His left index fingertip was amputated.
2015-12-30	Franklin Park	Illinois	U.S. Postal Service	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was delivering mail when he slipped on ice and fell striking his head and shoulder on the pavement. The employee was disoriented and could not answer basic questions. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-10-30	Franklin Park	Illinois	Sloan Valve Co.	Knee(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On Friday, October 30, at approximately 11:20 pm, an employee was working on a lathe. The employee had baskets of unfinished product to her right and baskets of finished product to her left. A group of baskets containing finished product, weighing approximately 25 pounds each, fell on to the employee's right knee. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-10-29	Franklin Park	Illinois	Nelson Steel	Forearm(s)	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was using an Oxy/Acetylene torch to cut steel to fix a machine in the fabrication shop. The acetylene line burst and caught the employee's jacket on fire. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to his right forearm.
2015-10-13	New Franklin	Missouri	MFA INC.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell approximately 6 feet as he stepped from a ladder to a platform breaking his ankle that required surgery and hospitalization to repair.
2015-08-17	Franklin Park	Illinois	Bethlehem Industries, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left thumb got pinched in the stamping die of a punch press. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
2015-08-06	Franklin	Wisconsin	Krones, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A maintenance employee was chemically removing some walking lines from the floor of the overhaul area. There was some paint thinner poured over the walking lines that were being removed. The area was not quarantined off and the employee was walking across the area and slipped, fell, and broke his right ankle.
2015-07-17	Franklin	Ohio	Rumpke Waste, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced heat stress systems while providing waste service to household customers.
2015-07-15	Franklin	Georgia	JAC Products, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating the extrusion machine. When he slid a piece of equipment inside the machine (Nissan Step Rail) his finger was in a pinch point and he received an acute wound to the left middle fingertip.
2015-07-14	Franklin	Wisconsin	Vesta Intermediate Funding, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was operating a fixture that punches a hole through a silicon tube. She attempted to punch the tube again while holding the tube with her right index finger. The employee then manually cycled the fixture to perform a punch and the right index finger interfered with the punch, amputating her right index fingertip.
2015-06-20	Franklin Park	Illinois	NESTLE CHOCOLATE & CONFECTION COMPANY, INC.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee working on an incline belt was caught between two rollers, breaking her left arm.
2015-06-14	Franklin	Massachusett	GARELICK FARMS, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee amputated the tip of his middle finger when his glove got caught in a conveyor.
2015-05-01	Franklin	Massachusett	Clark Cutler McDermott Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee climbed a ladder inside a fenced area to clean an eye sensor and was injured when the shaker struck his finger. He lost his nail and fingertip.