DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-04-26GurneeIlLittle Lady FoodsArm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working on a pizza production line, checking the weight of pizzas after they passed through a "waterfall" section that put cheese on them. She was removing some cheese that had built up on a roller when she was pulled into the rollers on the bottom side of the conveyor. She suffered fractures to the right arm and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2020-05-29GurneeIllinoisNickels & Dimes, Inc. dba Rink Side SportsFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were repairing a bearing on an ice resurfacer. One of the employees reached in to adjust the bearing and suffered an amputation to the right middle finger from the nailbed forward.
2019-02-21GurneeIllinoisCarey Electric Contracting, Inc.Arm(s)Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot stepladder when one of the spreader bars broke causing the ladder to twist and turn throwing the employee off the ladder. The employee suffered a broken right arm.
2019-01-09GurneeIllinoisPayson Casters, Inc.Fingertip(s)Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
An employee was up righting a table with another employee when the other employee dropped the table and the tabletop fell on the injured employee's finger, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.
2018-04-10GurneeIllinoisLocal Roofing Co., Inc.Lower leg(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was helping to move some roofing equipment and was walking on the flat roof when he stepped into standing water, slipped, and fell to the same level, breaking his lower left leg.
2018-03-14GurneeIllinoisAverus, Inc.Multiple face locationsExposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was mixing cleaning chemicals to clean a filter when sodium hydroxide splashed in his face, causing skin and eye irritation.
2015-10-19GurneeIllinoisLittle Lady Foods, Inc.Fingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a machine that packages frozen pizzas into cartons when her hand was pulled into an in-running nip point, amputating her left-hand middle fingertip.