DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-02-09GalesburgIlSummit Pizza, Inc.Ankle(s) and leg(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 5, 2021, an employee slipped on snow and ice in a parking lot while walking to her car. She suffered ankle and tibia fractures and was hospitalized.
2020-08-14GalesburgIlMidstate Manufacturing Co.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On August 14, 2020, a temporary employee was hanging spline shaft parts on vertical racking on a line to be washed. The employee hung a part on the top row of the racking and was hanging a part on the bottom row when the part fell from the top row. It landed on the employee's left hand, breaking and wounding the little finger.
2020-03-10GalesburgIllinoisMIDSTATE MANUFACTURING COMPANYFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 10, 2020, an employee was forming retainer parts on a 90-ton brake press. The press dropped onto the first three fingers of his right hand, crushing them. He was hospitalized.
2019-02-22GalesburgIllinoisIlpea Industries, Inc. Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
At 10:45 a.m., on February 22, 2019, an employee was working at an extruder line, clearing accumulated plastic between the guillotine blade and pulley belts. The timed chopping cycle took place, amputating the employee's left index finger above the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2018-09-25GalesburgIllinoisDealers Choice Auto Auction IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
On September 25, 2018 an employee was checking fluids in the engine compartment of a vehicle when a gust of wind blew the vehicle hood off of the hood strut. The hood then closed on the employee's left hand, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.
2018-06-27GalesburgIllinoisGates CorporationHand(s) and finger(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of rubber from a guillotine cutting machine when the machine was actuated. The guillotine blade then dropped from its housing and amputated the employee's left hand at its midpoint, severing four fingers and half of the thumb.
2018-06-04GalesburgIllinoisGates CorporationForearm(s)Contact with hot objects or substances
On June 4, 2018, an employee was operating a mill machine when hot rubber stock would not feed into the rollers correctly. He was attempting to push the rubber stock with his gloved hand when the machine pulled the glove from his hand. A piece of hot rubber then flapped onto his left forearm, causing second and third degree burns. He was hospitalized.
2018-01-04GalesburgIllinoisGates CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting a coiler machine when a damaged pneumatic piston actuated and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.
2017-10-11GalesburgIllinoisWestRock CP, LLCHand(s) and finger(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 11, 2017, an employee was feeding cardboard into the feed roller of a machine when his right hand became caught in the ingoing nip point of the roller. He received third degree thermal burns to the right hand and fractured three fingers.
2017-08-07GalesburgIllinoisLocke's Roofing & Siding, Inc.Multiple body partsOther fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
On August 7, 2017, at approximately 2:30PM, employees were coming down from the roof for a break. An employee unhooked the harness of their personal fall arrest equipment to come down the ladder, lost footing and fell approximately 24 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken femur, broken wrist, punctured lung, and a fractured hip.
2016-08-17GalesburgIllinoisHelp At Home, LLCWrist(s) and elbow(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On August 17, 2016, around 11:15 a.m., an employee was leaving a client's house when her leg gave out and she fell on the concrete sidewalk. She fractured her right wrist and right elbow, requiring surgery.
2016-02-19GalesburgIllinoisNiemann FoodsFingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
While slicing ham with a bone saw, an employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.
2015-10-19GalesburgIllinoisBlick Art Materials, LLCLeg(s)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee operating a standup powered industrial vehicle (PIV) was backing out of an aisle into the main aisle. He struck a pole at the end of the storage rack, and his left leg got crushed between the lift truck and the pole.
2015-03-18GalesburgIllinoisProgress Rail Services CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
The last digit on an employee's pinky finger was amputated when caught between a metal plate attached to a pump and a trailer bed while unloading scrap metal into the Peddlers Yard. Suitable safeguarding was not in place at the time of the incident.
2015-02-10GalesburgIllinoisProgress Rail Services CorporationLeg(s)Struck by object or equipment
While deconstructing a locomotive engine, an employee was struck by a piece of engine, which broke the employee's leg.