Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-18 | Hoffman Estates | Il | Transformco, LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell in a parking lot, landing on his back and injuring his back and both legs. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | AVNET, INC. | Lumbar region | Fall while sitting |
An employee was on a rolling chair, watering plants. The chair slid out from the employee, who fell to the floor and suffered an L1 back fracture. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | Bradford Systems Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee and a co-worker were installing conveyor equipment at the worksite. The injured employee's right hand became caught in the belt of a conveyor while it was moving. Multiple fingers and a thumb were amputated. | |||||
2016-09-25 | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | ADESA Illinois, LLC dba ADESA Chicago | Lower leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
On September 25, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., an employee was unpacking printer equipment when the corner of the box scraped his right leg just below the knee. He was hospitalized for a possible infection. | |||||
2016-06-27 | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | ALDRIDGE ELECTRIC, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On or about June 27, 2016, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was proofing an underground 1.25" polyduct when a blowing gun blew out of the line due to built-up back pressure. The employee had been standing to the side of the polyduct to be out of the line of fire. When the blow gun came out of the duct, the employee stepped over to pick up the gun to turn the air off and the blow dart then came out of the duct, striking him on the right shin. He was hospitalized and required surgery for a broken right | |||||
2015-09-26 | Hoffman Estates | Illinois | Dunnet Bay Construction Company | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was changing a cracked clamp used to join two panels together during bracing when the MSE wall panel fell over on and hit him. He sustained hand, arm, and torso injuries. |