| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-18 | Joliet | Il | YRC Freight dba Yellow Transportation | Forehead | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| On August 18, 2021, an employee tripped over a hose near a fuel island and hit his head on the pavement. He suffered a bruise above his right eyebrow and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-14 | Joliet | Il | United States Postal Service | Arm(s) | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
| An employee was delivering mail when a dog ran across the street and bit her arm, resulting in cuts that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-06-30 | Joliet | Il | AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was helping to restrain a combative patient. While the employee was restraining one of the patient's arms, the patient thrashed about on the bed and attempted to sit up. The employee was pulled forward onto the handle of the bed and sustained a contusion to the left upper chest. The employee then had cardiac dysrhythmia and a near syncopal event. | |||||
| 2021-04-16 | Joliet | Il | MAHONEY ENVIRONMENTAL | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached |
| On April 16, 2021, at approximately 1:20 a.m., an employee was installing a new emergency/parking brake on a compact wheel loader equipped with a pallet fork attachment. While the employee was under the arms and pallet fork attachment of the wheel loader, the hydraulic cable was released causing hydraulic oil and pressure to escape. The arms and pallet fork attachment lowered and pinned the employee's left arm and leg between the pallet fork attachment and the ground. The employee's lower left a | |||||
| 2020-09-15 | Joliet | Il | TouchPoint Support Services | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee tripped and fell on a buckled section of floor, suffering a broken right hip and femur. | |||||
| 2020-07-11 | Joliet | Illinois | Premier Asset Logistics Network, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was on a forklift when the employee's left foot struck a metal beam. The employee suffered toe amputations. | |||||
| 2020-04-06 | Joliet | Illinois | Sulzer Pump Services Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was removing metal shavings from a lathe when the lathe rotated, causing an amputation to the tip of the employee's right thumb. | |||||
| 2020-03-30 | Joliet | Illinois | Lin R. Rogers Electrical Contractor | Hand(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| While testing an electrical system, an employee suffered an electrical burn to the hand. | |||||
| 2019-07-09 | Joliet | Illinois | Toyota Tsusho America | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee slipped while climbing a rack. The employee's ring was caught on a metal crate resulting in amputation of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2019-05-14 | Joliet | Illinois | The Home Depot | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a forklift while walking toward the front of the building, suffering a right foot injury. | |||||
| 2019-05-08 | Joliet | Illinois | Gilbane Building Company | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee tripped and fell to the ground suffering injury to the right shoulder and elbow. | |||||
| 2019-04-15 | Joliet | Illinois | Capstone Logistics | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
| An employee was driving a forklift and was pinned between the forklift's backrest and a rack. The employee suffered multiple back fractures. | |||||
| 2019-03-17 | Joliet | Illinois | Capstone Logistics LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| A case of pickles was about to fall. As an employee tried to stop it, his throat came into contact with the control handle of a pallet jack. His esophagus was crushed. | |||||
| 2019-01-04 | Joliet | Illinois | Partners Warehouse of Illinois LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| A temporary employee was lifting a bundle of wood with other employees when the bundle of wood slipped and fell on his hand, pinching and fracturing his right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 2018-09-07 | Joliet | Illinois | Estes Express Lines | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was putting his pallet jack into a trailer when the jockey began pulling the trailer, causing the employee to fall from the dock and strike the dock plate before landing on the ground and fracturing three ribs. | |||||
| 2018-08-24 | Joliet | Illinois | J. H. Botts, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving rebar with an overhead crane. The rebar shifted and smashed two fingers causing partial amputations to both fingers. | |||||
| 2018-07-16 | Joliet | Illinois | DHL Supply Chain | Arm(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On July 16, 2018, a forklift operator's arm was pinned between the forklift and a racking system. The employee suffered contusions and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-04 | Joliet | Illinois | Dollar Tree Distribution Center | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee's forklift struck the side of another forklift. The employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
| 2018-05-10 | Joliet | Illinois | The Home Depot | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a receiving conveyor line when it stopped. The employee removed a label that covered a photo eye and the conveyor started to run again. The employee's right hand was then caught between the conveyor belt and a roller, causing contusions, swelling, and skin removal. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-05-07 | Joliet | Illinois | PETCO DISTRIBUTION CENTER | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking by a door when he tripped on a yellow guardrail and fell to the ground, injuring his ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-31 | Joliet | Illinois | C&W Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was performing preventive maintenance on conveyor belts and checking a malfunctioning belt when his finger was caught between the belt and the conveyor frame, amputating his fingertip. The conveyor was running at the time. | |||||
| 2018-03-18 | Joliet | Illinois | Finish Line | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was on a ladder getting shipping supplies. He placed his hand on a shelving unit to brace himself. When he stepped off the ladder, his left middle finger was caught and ripped off between a brace and the shelf. | |||||
| 2018-02-13 | Joliet | Illinois | DSC Logistics | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a stand up forklift in the aisle of a warehouse and caught her foot between the forklift and racking resulting in a broken ankle. | |||||
| 2018-01-24 | Joliet | Illinois | OUR LADY OF ANGELS | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On January 24, 2018, an employee was exiting his car in the parking lot when he slipped and fell on ice, bumping his head. He suffered a brain hemorrhage and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Joliet | Illinois | Amazon.Com LLC | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking to her car and tripped over a speed bump. The trip resulted in a dislocated shoulder and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-31 | Joliet | Illinois | Neovia Logistics Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to transport a forklift truck battery when his leg was caught between the pallet jack and the frame of the battery racking system resulting in an amputation injury to the employee's leg. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Joliet | Illinois | APEX MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell as he was stepping off a ladder, fracturing his hip and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-17 | Joliet | Illinois | Midwest Warehouse | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was lifting a plate on a trailer while trying to pull onto a chain with force when he experienced sharp pain in his abdomen. | |||||
| 2017-06-20 | Joliet | Illinois | ABLE ENGINEERING | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee slipped and fell more than 10 feet off a ship's ladder, landing on the ground and suffering an injury. | |||||
| 2017-05-18 | Joliet | Illinois | DHL Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was driving a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) when he lost control of the PIV and quickly dismounted it. His foot was then caught and crushed between a rack guardrail and the PIV. | |||||
| 2017-01-17 | Joliet | Illinois | O'Reilly Auto Parts #3408 | Lumbar region | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was picking up a socket from the floor when a box from the upper shelf of the overstock wall fell and struck the employee's lower back causing a fracture to the lower back. | |||||
| 2017-01-13 | Joliet | Illinois | Help At Home | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped on an icy sidewalk at a client site and fell shattering a knee and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-08 | Joliet | Illinois | Kole Construction Company of Lemont, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell 3' 11'' and dislocated the right shoulder. | |||||
| 2016-07-21 | Joliet | Illinois | D CONSTRUCTION | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| As the employee was standing with both hands on the JLG lift rail, a lighting strike hit the JLG. The employee was stunned, fell to the ground, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | Joliet | Illinois | Interstate Warehousing, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| The injured employee and a second employee were laying a walkway on its side when the employee's foot slipped on some rock and the walkway fell onto the employee's leg, breaking his tibia. | |||||
| 2016-07-11 | Joliet | Illinois | Amazon.com, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over self |
| An employee was carrying a box when she tripped on her own feet and fell to the floor, breaking her left wrist. | |||||
| 2016-06-21 | Joliet | Illinois | Apex Material Technologies | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was performing a lockout/tag-out procedure on a tank line and attached an air hose to clean the line. The pressure caused the flank to break, spraying and burning the employee with nitric acid. | |||||
| 2016-05-03 | Joliet | Illinois | Performance Contractors Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee suffered a hand laceration and broken finger when bolting in a blind with a combo and impact wrench. | |||||
| 2016-04-18 | Joliet | Illinois | Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| While walking to the HR desk, an employee tripped over the lower part of a vertical stanchion at the same level and fell to the ground. The employee suffered head and back injuries, as well as a fractured femur that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-05 | Joliet | Illinois | Dollar Tree Distribution Center-Joliet | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a band saw to cut scrap steel when the sawblade became stuck. As the employee attempted to release pressure in the blade area, the blade pulled his left-hand glove and index finger into the saw. His left index finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-23 | Joliet | Illinois | Versant Supply Chain | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a lift truck with a foot hanging off the lift truck. He was struck by another lift truck and suffered a serious foot injury resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-09-22 | Joliet | Illinois | Rovanco Piping Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| Employee was trimming a piece of pipe with a skill saw and amputated the index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-08-24 | Joliet | Illinois | Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee operating a reach truck was struck on the head and shoulders by two boxed toilets that fell 35-40 feet from the storage rack. The employee was subsequently hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-07-17 | Joliet | Illinois | Chellino Crane | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| While stepping off of a crane platform onto a ladder, an employee lost his balance and fell 66.5 inches, injuring his left leg. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | Joliet | Illinois | Trinity Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee sustained a broken-bone injury while providing assistance to another person at a group home. | |||||