| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-26 | Kewanee | Il | GREAT DANE LTD. PARTNERSHIP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating an automated drill and rivet machine and was getting the machine lined up against the crossmember on the trailer side. As the employee was feeling for the crossmember, the machine cycled and the stability bar engaged, resulting in amputation of their index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | Kewanee | Il | GREAT DANE LTD. PARTNERSHIP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working the hat channel jig and suffered the amputation of their left middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-14 | Kewanee | Il | GREAT DANE LTD. PARTNERSHIP | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| On May 14, 2021, at approximately 8:30 a.m., an employee was performing sandblasting operations on the inside rear of a trailer. The trailer was secured to a fixture that allows the trailer to be rotated in order to access different parts of the trailer frame. The counterweight had not been added to the frame or fixture and when the employee began to rotate the trailer, the trailer swung down and collided with their left ankle. The employee was hospitalized for an acute displaced fracture of the | |||||
| 2016-05-31 | Kewanee | Illinois | Great Dane Ltd. Partnership | Forearm(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| On May 31, 2016, at approximately 7:00am an employee received a laceration with cuts to the lower artery and three tendons of his left forearm when the 140 lb. bulkhead he was carrying fell from his hands. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2016-04-13 | Kewanee | Illinois | REK Express, Inc. | Head and trunk | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was unstrapping steel cross beams so material handlers could deliver the material into the facility. While unstrapping the cross beams, the load shifted and dropped onto the employee. The employee suffered facial, skull, and lumbar fractures, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-01-30 | Kewanee | Illinois | GREAT DANE LTD. PARTNERSHIP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee using an air-powered winch to pull a trailer from the wash bay severed/amputated the middle and index finger of her right hand. | |||||