Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-01 | Hanover Park | Il | U.S. Postal Service | Pelvis | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell to the ground as he exited the rear of a postal truck and sustained injuries to his pelvis. | |||||
2020-07-14 | Hanover Park | Illinois | Central Sod Farms Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
An employee was changing a tire on a forklift when the forklift slipped and smashed his right hand. The employee was hospitalized with possible broken bones. | |||||
2018-03-23 | Hanover Park | Illinois | ProAmpac | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was cutting a cardboard core on a core cutting machine when the core spun out of the machine, striking the employee in the face and mouth. The employee suffered nose, sinus, and palate fractures. | |||||
2018-03-14 | Hanover Park | Illinois | GE Transportation | Hip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee reversed a standup forklift into a racking system and was caught between the lift and the rack, suffering a broken hip that required hospitalization. | |||||
2016-07-26 | Hanover Park | Illinois | Round Ground, Inc. | Multiple foot (feet) locations | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On or about July 27, 2016, an employee was opening a bundle of bars on a side loader forklift. The bars rolled off the front of the forks and landed on top of his right foot behind the steel toe. Part of the foot and toes were amputated due to infection. |