| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-04 | Kankakee | Il | Del Monte Fresh Produce Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was removing pineapple skins that were stuck in the pineapple corer machine. When the skins were removed, the machine started up and pulled the employee's right index finger into the gears, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2019-08-26 | Kankakee | Illinois | J. R. Short Milling Company | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A temporary employee was unclearing a jam of product on an extrusion machine when the employee's hand was caught and injured between moving parts on the machine. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Kankakee | Illinois | Armstrong Flooring | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a tile jam on the line when the employee's fingertip was injured, resulting in the amputation of 3 mm of the left little fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-07-29 | Kankakee | Illinois | Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell to the floor while walking, suffering a head injury. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Kankakee | Illinois | Angleboard | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee sustained a thumb amputation while using a circular saw. | |||||
| 2018-09-07 | Kankakee | Illinois | Great Lakes Heavy Haul | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| A forklift operator had walked away from a forklift when an employee noticed the forks were covered with gravel. The employee was removing the gravel by hand when the forklift operator returned and began operating the forklift, unaware that the employee was below. The forks then crushed the employee's right index finger, resulting in a medical amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-19 | Kankakee | Illinois | Ring Container | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was packing bottles on a palletizer when his left hand was caught between a pallet and the palletizer, crushing four fingers. The palletizer was unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2016-01-14 | Kankakee | Illinois | Angleboard | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On January 14, 2016, an employee was working on a plastic extrusion line. Due to an issue regarding the temperature inside of the extruder, the employee began to remove a hot water line to the extruder. While removing the water line, hot water sprayed the employee, causing second degree burns to the back and arms. | |||||
| 2015-07-31 | Kankakee | Illinois | DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing a shear's die using a hoist. The die became lodged by a piece of dowel. As the employee reached to check where it was stuck, the die dislodged while still under the tension of the hoist, causing the die to move upward and pinch his middle and ring fingers. Approximately 1/8" of the employee's left middle finger was scraped. | |||||