Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2016-10-06 | Lake In The Hills | Illinois | Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was adjusting the blade on a horizontal coating machine when the spring popped off. The employee and a coworker tried to fix the machine by holding up the blade and reattaching the spring. The spring then partially amputated the employee's finger in a pinch point. | |||||
2016-03-11 | Lake In The Hills | Illinois | Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was using a straight ladder to clean a horizontal coater. The employee slipped while descending the ladder, falling 6 to 8 feet to the cement floor and fracturing a leg. The employee was hospitalized. |