Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-13 | La Grange | Tx | Day & Zimmerman | Neck and back | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was preparing to conduct welding on a row of U-shaped piping. He was walking on a plank board placed in the saddle of the "U" when the board flipped. He fell about 10 feet to the ground below, suffering fractures to the back and neck. | |||||
2020-06-16 | La Grange | Illinois | ELECTRO MOTIVE DIESEL, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a drill press to drill out a plug in a turbo housing. He wanted to change the drill bit and thought the drill press was in neutral. As he reached under the turbo housing, his right middle finger came in contact with the still-spinning drill bit, causing a severe laceration that resulted in an amputation to the first digit. | |||||
2020-03-20 | La Grange | Illinois | Starved Rock Wood Products LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was climbing down a 4-foot ladder and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2020-02-18 | La Grange | Illinois | Edward D. Jones & Co., LP | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c. |
An employee was verbally harassed by a client and experienced extreme heart palpitations and a spike in blood pressure, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-05-29 | La Grange | Texas | Lazy Q Ranch LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee became ill and threw up while loading bales of hay. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2016-01-14 | La Grange | Texas | McCourt & Sons Equipment Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was attempting to remove mud from an idler roller on a conveyor when his right arm was caught in the drive pulley, amputating it. The conveyor was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-07-22 | La Grange | Illinois | Electromotive Diesel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee sustained a finger amputation when a stringer caught his finger while operating an automatic drill. | |||||
2015-04-07 | La Grange | Texas | Newwave Communications | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder. |