Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-05	Geneva	Il	MSI Express Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee climbed a rolling platform ladder and took down a plastic tube from a surge tank. As the employee was walking down the ladder with the tube, the employee fell off the bottom step and onto his left hip, where he kept his radio unit. The employee suffered a fractured left femur.
2021-09-09	Geneva	Ny	Henkel US Operations Corp	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee was pinned between a forklift and a metal door. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-08-31	Geneva	Il	Lineage Logistics	Ankle(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was checking temperatures with his pallet jack parked behind him. A reach truck came around a corner and struck the parked pallet jack, which rolled onto the employee's legs and knocked him to the ground. He suffered an ankle dislocation and a hairline fracture.
2021-08-19	Geneva	Ny	Henkel Corporation	Arm(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while walking to her car. Her left arm struck a metal signpost and was broken.
2021-04-28	Geneva	Oh	HDT Expeditionary Systems Inc (ESG)	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a pinch roller assembly when their right index finger got caught in the roller assembly, resulting in a partial de-gloving and amputation.
2021-03-22	Geneva	Ny	Real Eats America, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee suffered an amputation while assembling food packages using a grommet machine.
2020-08-11	Geneva	Ny	Henkel Corporation	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking with an armful of bottled product. The employee tripped over an ankle-high fan cord and fell to the concrete floor, suffering head injuries.
2020-07-16	Geneva	Ohio	Elster Perfection Honeywell	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was leak testing gas riser parts when the leak tester's sliding clamp returned to its home position and caught his left index fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation.
2020-05-11	Geneva	New York	Seneca Foods Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading a railcar. Product collapsed and fell on the employee, who suffered multiple fractures.
2020-02-07	Geneva	Ohio	HDT Expeditionary Systems Inc (ESG)	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A an employee was cycling a brake press when it caught the tip of her right thumb, causing an amputation to the thumbtip.
2019-09-21	Geneva	New York	Guardian Glass	Hand(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was clearing broken sheet glass from a rack. A piece of the glass punctured the top of his right hand, lacerating a tendon.
2019-02-17	Lake Geneva	Wisconsin	United States Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
While delivering mail, a mail carrier slipped on ice and suffered a broken right ankle.
2018-06-07	Geneva	New York	Integrated Construction & Power Systems Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was performing drywall work and fell approximately six feet from equipment, landing on the floor and sustained broken ribs.
2017-08-03	Geneva	Ohio	The Arthur Louis Steel Company	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee was getting a steel plate positioned in the plate rack to place a plate clamp onto the material to remove it from the rack. Another employee was assisting by separating the plates to create room for the plate clamp. The pry bar slipped out of position allowing the plates to start falling back into their original position. As the plates were falling, the injured employee reached out to stop them and pinched the left middle finger between the plates resulting in a fingertip am
2017-06-13	Geneva	Illinois	CRDN of Northern Illinois	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was pressing a pair of pants. As she leaned over to adjust an air vent, her body pressed the actuator button, causing the hot press to come down on her hand. She suffered a third degree burn and was hospitalized.
2017-05-03	Geneva	Illinois	Burgess Norton Mfg.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
Two of an employee's right-hand fingers were amputated by a conveyor belt and pulley system. The system was unguarded at the time.
2017-04-27	Lake Geneva	Wisconsin	Timberlyn Lighting Management, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was walking to the back of the bucket truck across the catwalk when the employee tripped and fell approximately 8 feet to the ground, sustaining a broken leg.
2017-04-13	Lake Geneva	Wisconsin	Stellana U.S., Inc.	Thigh(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was scrapping off polyurethane from rollers on a machine using a sharp tool. The employee was scraping towards himself and the tool slipped off the rollers and punctured the employee's right inner thigh. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
2017-03-21	Geneva	New York	Guardian Industries, Corp	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was admitted to the hospital after becoming dehydrated at work.
2017-03-10	Lake Geneva	Wisconsin	R & L Spring Company	Arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was making a spring and suffered a fractured left arm when the spring popped out while the employee was adjusting the feed wire.
2017-03-01	Geneva	Illinois	FONA INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a spray dryer, at or near the rotary valve, and amputated fingers on the right hand.
2017-01-31	Geneva	New York	ZOTOS INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was burned by hot water.
2017-01-09	Lake Geneva	Wisconsin	Paloma Resort Hotels	Nonclassifiable	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was exposed to meth lab chemicals while responding to a meth lab explosion.
2016-08-16	Geneva	New York	Cheribundi, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee suffered a pinky finger amputation while repairing a case sealer.
2016-05-17	Geneva	Alabama	Outdoor Aluminum, Incorporated, a close corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was shocked while MIG welding and was hospitalized.
2016-04-28	Geneva	Illinois	Lineage Logistics Holdings, LLC	Leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee lost control of a powered industrial vehicle and attempted to dismount the vehicle as it made contact with a stationary object. The employee's leg broke when it was caught between the vehicle and the object.
2016-04-11	Geneva	New York	Feher Rubbish Removal Inc.	Leg(s)	Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
On an access road, a front-end loader operator lost control of his vehicle and slid into the path of the injured employee, who was driving a garbage truck. The front-end loader crushed the garbage truck cab, trapping the injured employee and crushing the employee's left leg.
2016-02-05	Geneva	Ohio	Anchor Motel and Cottages	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On February 5, 2016, an employee was using a table saw with a circular saw blade for cutting wood. The employee sustained a severe cut to his left hand thumb that was surgically amputated at the hospital.
2015-12-29	Lake Geneva	Wisconsin	Geneva National Golf Club	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was unloading snow blowers off a trailer when he tripped and fell backwards onto the concrete sidewalk hitting his head, left shoulder and back.
2015-12-13	Geneva	Ohio	A. Schulman Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On December 13, 2015, a portable rack fell on an employee's left-hand little finger as the employee attempted to move it, amputating the fingertip.
2015-12-02	Geneva	New York	American Food and Vending	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
While cutting vegetables with a knife, an employee sustained a left middle fingertip amputation.
2015-05-30	Geneva	Illinois	PEACOCK ENGINEERING COMPANY, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee slipped and fell while descending the mezzanine work area using a stairway with metal rungs for steps, breaking two ribs.
2015-03-26	Geneva	New York	Finger Lakes Home Care	Thigh(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee fell and fractured a femur while walking up the exterior stairs at a client's house.
2015-03-04	Geneva	New York	Sodexo	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
Employee was walking between two buildings and slipped on a side walk and fell landing on her knee.
2015-01-05	Geneva	Ohio	HDT Expeditionary Systems Inc (ESG)	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee, who had gloves on, was using a powered drill tool to drill into an unsupported block of wood. The employee was holding the block of wood in his hands. When the employee actuated the drill, the glove got caught, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb.