DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-11-15FreeburgIlWaste Management Of St Louis-MetroMultiple body partsOther 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.
2020-02-13FreeburgMissouriQUAKER WINDOWS AND DOORSLumbar regionStruck 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.
2019-07-29FreeburgMissouriQUAKER WINDOWSFinger(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.
2019-06-29FreeburgMissouriQUAKER WINDOWS PRODUCTS COMPANYHip(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.
2018-09-20FreeburgMissouriQUAKER WINDOWS AND DOORSFinger(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.
2017-05-17FreeburgMissouriQUAKER WINDOW PRODUCTSFinger(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.
2017-05-10FreeburgMissouriQUAKER WINDOW PRODUCTSFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee's fingertip was caught and amputated between a roller and an aluminum extrusion.
2015-10-21FreeburgMissouriQuaker Window ProductsFinger(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.
2015-06-16FreeburgMissouriHilke's Ice CompanyFinger(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.