| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-21 | Lake Zurich | Il | Gere Marie Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Trip over self without fall |
| An employee tripped while walking the plant floor, but caught himself before falling. The employee sustained a bulging disc in his back and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-07 | Lake Zurich | Illinois | TUF-TITE, INC. | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning debris from and around a conveyor with an air hose when his arm was caught in the conveyor's pulley, causing him to be pulled into the running belt. He suffered a broken left clavicle, a broken rib on the left side, and abrasions to the torso. The conveyor's guards were removed at the time of the incident to identify why material was getting stuck in the conveyor. | |||||
| 2015-12-14 | Lake Zurich | Illinois | Termax Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was loosening a bolt from a cylinder in the plastic injection molding machine. When he attempted to grab a hand jack, the plate came down because the bolt was loosened, and the employee's right hand was pinched between two metal plates. When he pulled his hand out, his pinky finger got lacerated and required surgery. | |||||