Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2020-10-15	Grayslake	Il	Federal Express Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting a 2x4 on a table saw and amputated the tip of their right thumb.
2020-07-30	Grayslake	Illinois	Fed Ex Ground	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was found unconscious on the dock floor with possible heat stroke.
2019-07-05	Grayslake	Illinois	CompX Security Products	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
A machine activated during material changeover, inserting a rivet into a finger on an employee's left hand.
2018-09-22	Grayslake	Illinois	Speedway, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped and fell while leaving a gas station store. The employee landed on the concrete ground and suffered a lung injury.
2018-07-25	Grayslake	Illinois	Liberty Prairie Foundation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was trimming vegetable roots with a harvesting knife. The knife lacerated his finger.
2018-06-20	Gray	Tennessee	Tennessee Valley Authority	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading a crate from a truck onto a forklift when he lost his balance and fell. Another crate (weighing about 70 pounds) was pulled onto his body, breaking his hip. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
2018-04-02	Grayslake	Illinois	CIT Trucks Management Company, Inc.	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating up a yoke nut on a piece of equipment. When he removed the nut, the differential fluid flared up and burned his face and hair.
2017-07-21	Graysville	Pennsylvania	CBTK Group	Thigh(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to build a deck. The nail gun was attached to his tool belt. As he bent down, the safety on the nail gun pushed against his leg. The hammer then swung around and hit the trigger on the nail gun, causing it to fire a nail into his thigh.
2017-06-13	Gray	Maine	PIKE INDUSTRIES, INC.	Multiple trunk locations	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in work zone
An employee was struck by an automobile while setting up a work zone, suffering multiple broken ribs, a broken pelvis, several broken vertebrae, and multiple internal injuries. He was hospitalized.
2016-10-04	Gray	Maine	Hannaford Supermarket	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting pork loins with a meat-cutting bandsaw when his left middle fingertip contacted the rotating blade and was amputated.
2016-09-19	Grayslake	Illinois	CIT Trucks, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
After repairing a diesel truck, an employee climbed off the truck and stepped on the battery box. The lid on the battery box was unsecured, causing the employee to fall 2 to 3 feet onto the concrete floor below. He also struck the battery box during the fall. He fractured several vertebrae and a left rib.
2015-12-01	Grayslake	Illinois	Berger Excavating Contractors, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was kneeling down to hand grate or hand shovel when a bobcat operator struck the employee, injuring his right tibia.
2015-06-25	Grayslake	Illinois	GFX INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Face	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was injured when he reached to retrieve a piece from a 100-inch cutter and slipped on oil. The employee struck his face against the frame of the machine, resulting in hospitalization.
2015-02-21	Grayslake	Illinois	Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
Employee was working on a sorting platform approximately 8 feet off of the concrete/ground. As employee descended a fixed ladder, he lost his grip and fell to the ground in a standing position, fracturing his right leg.