| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-08-12 | 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. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | 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 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. | |||||
| 2020-09-22 | 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. | |||||
| 2020-08-25 | 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. | |||||
| 2020-06-16 | 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. | |||||
| 2020-06-12 | 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. | |||||
| 2020-05-06 | 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. | |||||
| 2020-02-19 | 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. | |||||
| 2019-05-28 | 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. | |||||
| 2019-01-17 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2018-07-20 | 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. | |||||
| 2018-06-04 | 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. | |||||
| 2018-04-17 | 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. | |||||
| 2018-01-25 | 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. | |||||
| 2018-01-15 | 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. | |||||
| 2017-03-15 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-07-15 | 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. | |||||
| 2016-06-17 | 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-08-17 | 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. | |||||
| 2015-06-20 | 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. | |||||
| 2015-02-26 | Franklin Park | Illinois | Mandel Metals, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee had his fingertip amputated while using a rag to de-bur a piece of material coming out of a machine on the slitting line. The machine caught the rag and pulled it with the employee's finger. | |||||