Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-15 | Freeburg | Il | Waste Management Of St Louis-Metro | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
On 11/15/2021 at 11:00 a.m., an employee borrowed a ladder to check on top of their truck. On the way up or down on the ladder, the employee fell to the ground and suffered a broken shoulder and a bruised lung. | |||||
2020-02-13 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOWS AND DOORS | Lumbar region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was helping lean windows back to get another window. The windows fell on him, breaking a vertebra in his lower back and causing a laceration above the left eye. | |||||
2019-07-29 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOWS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While drilling out a part in a milling machine, an employee's glove got caught in the drill bit resulting in amputation of the left index finger just past the nailbed. | |||||
2019-06-29 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOWS PRODUCTS COMPANY | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over the leg of a window test wall and fell to the same level, resulting in a broken hip. | |||||
2018-09-20 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOWS AND DOORS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working with window frames in an aluminum extrusion machine. The machine kicked a frame back and it lacerated and broke the employee's thumb. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-05-17 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOW PRODUCTS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting a board on a table saw when the board kicked back, causing the employee's finger to contact the rotating saw blade. The employee suffered a severe laceration through the knuckle of the fifth finger. | |||||
2017-05-10 | Freeburg | Missouri | QUAKER WINDOW PRODUCTS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's fingertip was caught and amputated between a roller and an aluminum extrusion. | |||||
2015-10-21 | Freeburg | Missouri | Quaker Window Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was inserting a piece of metal inside a piece of vinyl window profile when she got a splinter. She and a co-worker removed the splinter. Later she went to the doctor to receive further treatment and was hospitalized for an infection. | |||||
2015-06-16 | Freeburg | Missouri | Hilke's Ice Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On or about June 16, 2015, a seasonal employee had the top portion of his finger severed by an auger as he was attempting to replace the plug in the bottom of an ice auger. |