Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-06-09 | Minooka | Il | Joliet Staffing, LLC | Forearm(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
An employee was driving an electric pallet jack down an aisle when it struck a double-stacked pallet on the forks of another, stationary electric pallet jack. The employee suffered a broken right ulna and radius. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Minooka | Illinois | UNITED STATES COLD STORAGE, INC. | Ankle(s) | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to remove shrink rolls when a shrink roll fell off the dashboard. He tried to move it with his left foot and his left ankle was pinned between the forklift and a mobile lifting machine. | |||||
2018-03-28 | Minooka | Illinois | Macy's Logistics & Operations | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and struck a column resulting in a foot laceration requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-08-26 | Minooka | Illinois | APL Logistics | Brain | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On August 26, 2017, a box of product fell on an employee's head, causing a concussion and head contusion. | |||||
2017-02-06 | Minooka | Illinois | Accurate Staffing | Ankle(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
While backing an electric pallet jack out of a trailer, an employee struck another parked electric pallet jack. The employee's foot was outside the operator's platform, and the ankle was crushed between equipment, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-03-28 | Minooka | Illinois | Railworks Track Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee's hand was on the edge of a gang box when a coworker closed the box on the employee's finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
2015-12-11 | Minooka | Illinois | Joliet Staffing, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
A temporary employee was operating an electric pallet jack and struck a rack system support. The employee was hospitalized. |