Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-09-21 | Mchenry | Illinois | Michels Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was leaning on a pile of sheet metal and amputated a finger between sheets of metal. | |||||
2016-06-15 | Mchenry | Illinois | Dell Services | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over an electrical cord and fell, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Mchenry | Illinois | Northern Illinois Medical Center | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was warming up the van to prepare for patient pickup. While walking next to the van, the employee slipped on an ice-covered curb, injuring their left leg and requiring surgery to the left tibia. | |||||
2015-10-26 | Mchenry | Illinois | Brake Parts, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On or about 7:30 a.m. on October 26, 2015, an employee was preparing to change a powered industrial truck battery. Due to the end stops on the multi-level battery rack being bent out of place, the battery was positioned too far into the rack for the large suction cup on the automatic battery machine to reach it and pull the battery out. The employee used a strap to try to pull the battery forward and in doing so, his left pinky finger was pinched between the strap and a guardrail in the area, | |||||
2015-05-15 | Mchenry | Illinois | Curran Contracting Co | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On 5/15/15, an employee was hospitalized after suffering a laceration to the left pinky finger. The employee was conducting maintenance activities at the time. |