| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-01 | La Salle | Il | XPO Logistics Freight, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was reworking freight inside a trailer. The trailer fell and hit the employee in the left shoulder, arm, and ribs. He suffered a tendon injury in the shoulder and arm and four broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-01-14 | La Salle | Il | XPO Logistics, Inc. | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking near a door when they were struck by a forklift that was backing out of the door, resulting in injuries to their ankle and foot. | |||||
| 2020-03-23 | La Salle | Illinois | Unytite, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a nut tapping machine, that cuts screw threads inside the nut, when the nut became jammed. As he tried to clear the jam, his gloved left hand became caught in the rotating nut tap. He suffered at least one fractured finger requiring surgery, with other fingers receiving lacerations. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | La Salle | Colorado | The Williams Companies | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Employees were preparing a pig receiver and pig launcher. The block valves had been closed, and the receiver and launcher had been blown down; liquids were draining from the opening of the launcher. A forklift was being used to open the receiver hatch. The hatch struck the forklift's forks, and liquids at the receiver and launcher ignited. An employee suffered second-degree burns to the face and right hand, as well as first-degree burns to the left and right lower legs, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-08 | La Salle | Texas | Key Energy Services, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working as a floor hand in support of an oilfield operation. He became ill from heat stress and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-03 | La Salle | Illinois | Viakable Manufacturing LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a rewinder machine and partially amputated the right index finger (distal phalanx). | |||||
| 2019-06-02 | La Salle | Colorado | FIVE RIVERS RANCH CATTLE FEEDING, LLC | Multiple body parts | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| An employee was riding a horse while herding/checking cattle when the gate to the pen contacted the horse she was riding. The horse was startled and the rider was bucked off resulting in a fractured right clavicle, right scapula and ribs on the right side. | |||||
| 2019-04-07 | La Salle | Colorado | Ensign Well Services | Hand(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| The cap blew off a camlock, striking and breaking an employee's right hand. | |||||
| 2018-05-10 | La Salle | Colorado | Ensign United States Drilling, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was manually guiding valve stacks into place when the employee's left index finger was pinched, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | La Salle | Colorado | Triple J Processing | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by animal |
| An employee was moving cows from one pen to another when he became caught between a cow and a post, breaking a rib, puncturing a lung, and suffering a chest contusion. | |||||
| 2017-01-04 | La Salle | Colorado | Precision Driling | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was using hydraulic controls to lower an iron roughneck when his right pinky finger and knuckle were caught and fractured between the iron roughneck and the hydraulic cat head. | |||||
| 2016-09-08 | La Salle | Colorado | Ensign Wall Service | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee climbed into the cab of a new truck to see if it was automatic or manual transmission. As he was getting out of the truck, he fell and struck his head on the ground, fracturing his skull. | |||||
| 2016-08-09 | La Salle | Colorado | GLH Construction Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was changing a viber plate on a mini-excavator and aligning the shim when the driver in the cab accidentally bumped the lever, causing the arm of the machine to pinch the employee's thumb. The employee's thumb tip was amputated and thumb bone was smashed, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-02-19 | La Salle | Illinois | UNYTITE, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance employee was repairing a tapping machine. He was working underneath the machine. To access the conveyor belt, he was moving a product tray out of the way by pushing it. The tray came off the guides and tilted, and his finger was caught between the tray and the machine, amputating his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | La Salle | Colorado | JBS Carriers, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was loading cattle from a pen into a truck for transport. Two cows tackled the gate. The gate deformed and its spring-lock mechanism released. The gate struck and knocked down the employee. She struck her head on the concrete ground and was hospitalized for a small brain bleed. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | La Salle | Colorado | JBS CARRIERS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| On August 27, 2015, an employee's pinky finger was severed while closing a gate inside a cattle trailer at a feed lot in La Salle, CO. The employee was admitted to a hospital and underwent surgery to re-attached the finger. | |||||
| 2015-02-20 | La Salle | Colorado | Ensign Well Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee working on an oil-and-gas service rig suffered partial amputations of the right middle and right ring fingers after his hand was caught between the tong plate and the pin that secures the tongs. | |||||
| 2015-01-29 | La Salle | Illinois | CARUS CHEMICAL COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On or about February 29, 2015, an employee sustained three broken fingers while lowering a bag filled with ore (manganese) material over a hand rail using a manifold and a rope. Employee's pinky finger was later amputated. | |||||