Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-04 | Marseilles | Il | GLEN-GERY CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On November 4, 2021, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee connected a chain to a flat railroad car and transfer puller that pulls kiln cars out of a dryer. As the transfer car was pulling the drying car, the chain came loose and the employee reached to grab the moving chain. The chain snagged and became tight, and the employee's thumb was caught between the chain links. The employee was hospitalized for a deep laceration to his thumb that required surgery. | |||||
2021-03-17 | Marseilles | Il | United States Army Corps of Engineers | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell while getting down out of a crane. The employee landed on decking below and suffered a broken hip. | |||||
2018-05-02 | Marseilles | Illinois | Infra-metals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee went to unhook a chain attached to metal tubing when the operator raised the load. The employee's right hand was then crushed between the chain and load, resulting in a pinky amputation. | |||||
2018-01-10 | Marseilles | Illinois | TMC Transportation, Inc. | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was standing on top of a load of rolled steel and spreading a tarp over it when the tarp became stuck on the steel. He then lost his balance and fell approximately eight feet to the ground, fracturing his right hip. | |||||
2017-09-11 | Marseilles | Illinois | Independence Tube Corporation | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was indexing two pieces of scrap tubing on rollers when a piece moved and caught his left middle and ring fingers, amputating his fingertips above the nail. | |||||
2016-09-13 | Marseilles | Illinois | GLEN-GERY CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee suffered a partial left finger amputation while changing the de-hacking brick machine settings for the next product size that was to be packaged. | |||||
2016-02-08 | Marseilles | Illinois | Illini Precast, LLC | Pelvis | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On or about February 8, 2016, an employee suffered a pelvic injury after being caught in/crushed between form work and a precast panel. |