| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-08 | Loves Park | Illinois | TH Foods, Inc. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was placing cartons on packaging equipment. The employee tripped on a pallet leveler corner base and fell, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Loves Park | Illinois | TH Foods, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was checking moisture on the sheet conveyor belt. The employee's left hand was pulled between the two conveyor belts and pinched between a roller. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a muscle injury. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-05-30 | Loves Park | Illinois | Mondelez Global LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to unclog a rotary airlock feeder. The valve cycled while the employee's right hand was in the point of operation resulting in amputation of the index finger. The airlock feeder was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Loves Park | Illinois | TH Foods, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a conveyor system when it tipped over and fell on the employee. The employee broke a leg, fingers, ribs, and vertebrae, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-02 | Loves Park | Illinois | Paper Recovery Service Corp. | Skull | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell off the side of a trailer, fracturing his skull and rupturing his spleen. | |||||
| 2016-10-21 | Loves Park | Illinois | TH Foods, Inc.* | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 21, 2016, an employee was packing finished goods onto trays. The trays were on a flexible conveyor system. One of the trays turned sideways and as the employee attempted to straighten the tray out , her right ring fingertip was caught and amputated between two links of the conveyor. | |||||
| 2015-09-25 | Loves Park | Illinois | FASTENAL COMPANY | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up the roll thread machine when the brake out snagged, catching and amputating his right-hand pinky finger. | |||||