| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-19 | Saint Henry | Oh | Wells Brothers Inc | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| On June 19, 2021, an employee was removing ductwork when a 10- to 12-inch piece of the ductwork fell onto his left ring finger. Its sharp edge amputated the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-04-30 | Port Henry | Ny | Mountain Lake Services Foundation | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee had an allergic reaction to a bleach-based cleaning compound. The employee was hospitalized for respiratory distress. | |||||
| 2021-02-04 | Saint Henry | Oh | C Y Schwieterman Inc | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking into the building from his work truck when the employee slipped on ice in the company parking lot and fell. The employee sustained spiral fractures to the tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Henry | Il | Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On September 1, 2020, at approximately 10:00 a.m., an employee was getting ready to clean hot water and resin from a strainer when a bolt became loose as he was standing over the system. He was then sprayed with hot material through the cap on top of system. He received first and second degree burns on his right and left thighs, lower body, right and left arms, abdomen, chest, and left ear and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-25 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms Processing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On March 25, 2020, an employee was sanitizing equipment when he lost his balance. The moving parts of a poultry machine (a tail quill puller) caught his right hand, amputating four ringers. | |||||
| 2020-02-11 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On February 11, 2020, an employee was using a hose to spray off equipment. The employee attempted to move a conveyor belt, but its casters were locked; the employee's left hand slipped into the running conveyor belt, which amputated the middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Henryetta | Oklahoma | Anchor Glass Container Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was training on swabbing a bottle in a bottle forming machine when two of their fingertips were amputated by the machine. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Sudbury Express | Elbow(s) and arms(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was on the ground in a customer lot. He was throwing a strap over the load on a flat bed trailer to prepare for unloading when he slipped on ice and fell injuring his lower left arm and elbow. | |||||
| 2019-01-16 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Bruns Building and Development | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| On January 16, 2019, at approximately 4:00 PM, an employee was installing insulation to a steel exhaust vent in the storage garage as a temporary solution to reduce escaping heat. The employee was working from an aerial lift and was found unconscious and face down on the gravel surface below the lift. The lift was positioned in an elevated position with the basket door open. It is presumed that the employee fell from the lift. The employee was hospitalized for head trauma. Fall protection was no | |||||
| 2018-09-21 | Mchenry | Illinois | Michels Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was leaning on a pile of sheet metal and amputated a finger between sheets of metal. | |||||
| 2018-01-29 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing a piece of turkey from a de-skinning machine when the machine caught his glove and pulled his right hand into the equipment, amputating his right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-05-30 | Henryetta | Oklahoma | Anchor Glass | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was unjamming a glass container making machine and contacted the interior of the machine which is very hot. The employee suffered a severe burn to the right palm with embedded glass. | |||||
| 2017-03-12 | Henryetta | Oklahoma | Anchor Glass Container Corporation | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing a plunger on the press-and-blow machine. The machine was shut down, but the safety device to keep the blanks open was not installed. When the employee activated the machine with his left hand in the machine, the hot blanks closed on his hand causing burns and bruising. | |||||
| 2016-06-18 | Saint Henry | Ohio | The Beckman & Gast Co. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On or about June 18, 2016, an employee was attempting to fluff green beans through a green bean cutter when the employee's hand went into the cutter, amputating the left middle finger to the first joint. | |||||
| 2016-06-15 | Mchenry | Illinois | Dell Services | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over an electrical cord and fell, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-06-13 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 13, 2016, an employee was attempting to remove meat from the discharge door of a blender when the blender paddles caught and amputated the employee's left middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-05-25 | Henryetta | Oklahoma | HENRYETTA PALLET CO. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a pallet dismantler when he dropped a pull bar onto the dismantler table. As he attempted to retrieve the bar, his left hand contacted the blade, amputating his middle finger. The machine was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2016-05-06 | Henryetta | Oklahoma | Duit Construction CO, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was attaching a hydraulic coupler and sustained a puncture wound to the left index finger. | |||||
| 2016-01-12 | Mchenry | Illinois | Northern Illinois Medical Center | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was warming up the van to prepare for patient pickup. While walking next to the van, the employee slipped on an ice-covered curb, injuring their left leg and requiring surgery to the left tibia. | |||||
| 2015-12-15 | Henry | Illinois | Kingery Printing Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On or about December 15, 2015 an employee was injured when his hand became caught in the binding machine while unjamming it. | |||||
| 2015-10-26 | Mchenry | Illinois | Brake Parts, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On or about 7:30 a.m. on October 26, 2015, an employee was preparing to change a powered industrial truck battery. Due to the end stops on the multi-level battery rack being bent out of place, the battery was positioned too far into the rack for the large suction cup on the automatic battery machine to reach it and pull the battery out. The employee used a strap to try to pull the battery forward and in doing so, his left pinky finger was pinched between the strap and a guardrail in the area, | |||||
| 2015-09-16 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning the AMC (automated cutting machine) and reached into the machine resulting in the avulsion of the right distal interphalangeal. The machine was not locked and tagged out at the time of the injury. | |||||
| 2015-08-11 | Henry | Illinois | United Suppliers, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| On 8/10/15, an employee was sprayed with sulfuric acid while transferring acid from a railcar. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Henry | Illinois | Mexichem Specialty Resins, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning out the grinder for a spray dryer when a finger got caught in a pinch point between the fan blade and the opening to the fan blade housing. The employee sustained a left ring finger amputation. | |||||
| 2015-06-01 | Saint Henry | Ohio | Cooper Farms, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was hospitalized after they missed a step while dismounting a bulk semi-trailer. The employee fell 2 to 2.5 feet to the ground, fracturing their right hip. | |||||
| 2015-05-15 | Mchenry | Illinois | Curran Contracting Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On 5/15/15, an employee was hospitalized after suffering a laceration to the left pinky finger. The employee was conducting maintenance activities at the time. | |||||