DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2016-10-06Lake In The HillsIllinoisAdvanced Flexible Composites, IncFinger(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.
2016-03-11Lake In The HillsIllinoisAdvanced Flexible Composites, IncLeg(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.