Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-10 | Libertyville | Il | Windy City Harley Davidson | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was mounting a tire using a tire machine. The machine caught his right index finger and amputated the tip. | |||||
2020-05-11 | Libertyville | Illinois | Laser Precision LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a foot-actuated stamping press when she lost her balance and leaned forward. Her hand then entered the point of operation while the actuating pedal was being pressed. The press crushed her left pinky finger, resulting in an amputation at or just above the distal joint. | |||||
2020-03-23 | Libertyville | Illinois | MEDLINE INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS LP | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was wiping the outside of a parcel conveyor system with a rag and cleaner. The system activated and pulled his left hand into the roller and belt. His arm and finger were broken. | |||||
2019-01-10 | Libertyville | Illinois | MBA Building Supplies, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was using a compound miter saw to cut wood for packaging when the blade cut the back of the employee's right hand, requiring hospitalization. The saw was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-07-12 | Libertyville | Illinois | Wm. W. Meyer & Sons, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
The employee was trying to troubleshoot a motor. His hand slipped into the rotating motor blades resulting in amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips. | |||||
2017-01-16 | Libertyville | Illinois | Advocate Condell Medical Center | Coccygeal region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to her car at the end of her shift, slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot fracturing her tail bone. | |||||
2016-06-20 | Libertyville | Illinois | MBA Building Supplies, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
On or about June 20, 2016, an employee was loading a steel coil on a machine when the steel coil fell onto his leg and hit his arm. He suffered a left leg fracture and a right arm injury. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Libertyville | Illinois | Bakers Square Restaurant | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee was hospitalized after tripping and falling, resulting in a broken hip. | |||||
2015-09-29 | Libertyville | Illinois | CLASSIC WINDOWS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered the amputation of four fingers on his right hand while operating a miter saw. | |||||
2015-06-04 | Libertyville | Illinois | Rocco Fiore and Sons, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was unloading bushes on a truck flatbed when he/she fell approximately 4 feet to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized and required vertebrae surgery. | |||||
2015-06-04 | Libertyville | Illinois | FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An amputation injury occurred on June 4, 2015, to a temporary employee working in the Forming Department. | |||||
2015-05-27 | Libertyville | Illinois | MBA Building Supplies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On May 27, 2015 at 14:30 the employee amputated four fingers (all except the thumb) on his right hand while operating a press brake machine. | |||||
2015-02-04 | Libertyville | Illinois | New Albertson's, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee's left thumb was cut deeply while operating a meat band saw. |