Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-10-09 | Mc Cook | Il | Wertheimer Box & Paper Corp. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An operator was examining the stacking section on the folder glue machine and the stop feed mechanism amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2020-08-25 | Mc Cook | Il | Fed Ex | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level |
An employee stepped into the nose of a drop-frame trailer to cross to the other side. The open rollers caused him to lose his footing and fall. He suffered abdominal injury. | |||||
2020-07-16 | Mc Cook | Illinois | FONTANINI FOODS, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was holding a box down on a box printer machine when the employee's left hand became pinched between the feeder opening and the guide that pushes the box into the machine, resulting in an amputation of the ring fingertip. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
On July 2, 2020, an employee was performing maintenance work on a pneumatic cylinder to remove a spacer. The cylinder amputated four of the employee's fingers. Two fingers on each hand were amputated. | |||||
2019-08-16 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Darwill Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee's fingers entered a running machine and came in contact with the cutting blade inside, resulting in amputations of parts of the fingers. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Meade Electric | Arm(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was working near a manhole when a car drove through the work zone and caught the line/cords to the employee’s water pump equipment, causing the equipment to strike the employee’s right arm. | |||||
2018-05-24 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Groot Recycling & Waste Service Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was driving the recycling collection truck and began experiencing stomach pains. He was diagnosed with dehydration and hospitalized. | |||||
2017-08-09 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Estes Express Lines | Head | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was operating a forklift to move freight when he passed out and hit his face on the dock floor. | |||||
2016-09-06 | Mc Cook | Illinois | CP OpCo LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee injured the middle finger on the left hand while pulling out tent stakes. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Electrical Innovations | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
An employee was shocked while changing light bulbs in the parking lot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-02-22 | Mc Cook | Illinois | Meade Electric | Brain | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
Employee was hospitalized due to being struck in the head by a backhoe bucket. |