Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-07-25 | Melrose Park | Illinois | ALBERTSON'S (JEWEL FOOD STORES) | Lumbar region | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was filling a store order. While lifting a 40-pound bag of onions from a pallet, he tripped over shrink wrap that was attached to the pallet. The employee fell to the floor sustaining a swollen disk and lower back pain requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-07-17 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Reyes Roofing LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity |
An employee was climbing a ladder while carrying a piece of aluminum fascia when the fascia contacted an overhead power line. The employee received an electric shock. | |||||
2020-07-02 | Melrose Park | Illinois | RoadSafe Traffic Systems, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was checking repairs to a truck-mounted compressor. While he was securing the cover to the compressor fan, the fan lacerated his right thumb. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
2020-05-28 | Melrose | Florida | VIMS GENERAL CONSTRUCTIONS, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was going up a ladder when he slipped and fell 4 feet onto the ground. He sustained a fractured vertebrae disk and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-05-19 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
An employee was loading a commercial water tank onto a truck using a stair climber dolly. The tank slipped and the employee suffered a broken leg. | |||||
2020-05-06 | Melrose Park | Illinois | JKS Ventures Inc. | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was backing up a construction/utility vehicle. The corner of the vehicle's bucket caught a stack of three bales and tipped over the top bale. The bale struck the injured employee who was separating cardboard in the area, causing a broken leg and bruised ribs. | |||||
2019-09-16 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Alro Steel Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was attempting to retrieve material from a plate saw when the employee's fingers touched a moving blade. Two of the employee's fingers were lacerated. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Melrose Park | Illinois | New Albertsons, Inc. dba Jewel Osco | Lower leg(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
On September 10, an employee was being trained on how to operate a motorized pallet jack and lost control of the vehicle. The pallet jack then hit and fractured his lower leg near the ankle. | |||||
2018-09-24 | Melrose Park | Illinois | New Albertsons | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a forklift when the forks/mast began to raise and struck a structural steel beam in the ceiling. The collision with the beam abruptly stopped the forklift causing the employee to be ejected from the cab. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs. | |||||
2018-05-07 | Melrose | Wisconsin | Allied Cooperative | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee filled a propane cylinder on a platform and was uncoupling the hoses when he lost balance and fell approximately 3 feet from the platform, landing on the tongue of a trailer. He dislocated his right shoulder and broke six ribs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-10-06 | Melrose Park | Illinois | WESTLAKE HOSPITAL | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On October 6, 2017, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an employee slipped on water and fell to the ground while assisting a surgical procedure, fracturing the left elbow and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-28 | Melrose Park | Illinois | JEWEL FOOD STORES, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was parking a double pallet walker when his left pinky fingertip was caught and crushed between a safety bollard and the hand controls of the double pallet walker. | |||||
2017-07-13 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Interlake Mecalux, Inc. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was looking for material that was stored on racks when he lost his footing and fell backwards, lacerating his left elbow on a piece of metal that was stored on the racks. He was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2017-04-11 | Melrose Park | Illinois | New Albertson's, Inc. dba Jewel Osco Food Store #3290 | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting T-bone steaks on a vertical band saw and amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
2017-02-26 | Melrose Park | Illinois | New Albertson's, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a forklift when he struck the forks of a stationary forklift and injured his left ankle tendon, requiring surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
2017-01-26 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Interlake Mecalux, Inc. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On January 26, 2017, an employee was operating the roll forming machine. The employee's shirt sleeve was caught in the machine pulling his right hand and wrist into the machine resulting in a crushing, bruising, internal bleeding, and swelling injury. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
2017-01-09 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Kerry Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was unclogging material from a flour hopper when a pneumatic gate fractured his right thumb. The gate was not locked out at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-09-27 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Kerry Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning a mixing machine when the mixer cycled, breaking the employee's hand. The mixer was not locked out at the time. | |||||
2016-08-18 | Melrose | Florida | Clay Electric Cooperative | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was in an aerial lift bucket pushing a pine tree when he fell from the bucket and was suspended by his harness/lanyard 6 feet from the bucket. He sustained two crushed discs and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
2016-08-17 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Kerry Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was reaching into a flour hopper when his left hand became pinched in a pneumatic gate and was amputated. | |||||
2016-05-14 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Sears Home Services | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
While attempting to repair a lawnmower, and employee turned off the mower and tried to flip it over before the blades stopped spinning. His right middle fingertip was amputated by the blades. | |||||
2016-02-20 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Gottlieb Memorial Hospital | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking into her work space to begin her shift when her shoe got caught on the carpet and she fell breaking her left shoulder and left knee. | |||||
2016-01-17 | Melrose Park | Illinois | New Albertsons, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c. |
An employee was working as a spotter in the yard where the trailers are stationed for loading/unloading. He was operating a spotting jeep (not a full tractor) and backed into a trailer resulting in a back injury. | |||||
2015-07-02 | Melrose Park | Illinois | New Albertson's, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was injured when the PIV he was operating collided with another PIV in a cross section between the aisles. The employee injured his left foot and suffered multiple broken toes. | |||||
2015-06-24 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Interlake Mecalux, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a grinder to sharpen a 6-inch blade when his left thumb got caught in the running grinder. The top of the thumb, including bone, was amputated. | |||||
2015-06-02 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Millwood, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
On June 2, 2015, an employee suffered an amputation to the right index finger while attempting to unjam a pallet washer. Lockout/tagout procedures were not performed at the time of the incident. | |||||
2015-02-21 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Alin Machining Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee sustained an injury to his left pinky finger as he was polishing a coil with a CNC lathe. The door safety interlocks were disengaged allowing the employee to polish parts of the coil as the machine was running. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Melrose Park | Illinois | Alro Steel Corporation | Face | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving a load with a crane onto the forks of a Big Joe-powered industrial vehicle. After the load was on the forks and the sling around the load was removed, the hoist hook was not raised before the load was moved. When the Big Joe was moved forward, the hoist hook came over the mast of the load and swung and struck the employee in the face. The employee then fell backwards to the ground. The employee was hospitalized as a result of the injuries sustained. |