Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-14 | Momence | Il | Glister Mary Lee Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a check weigher. The machine was turned off and the employee replaced the drive belt. When the machine started back up the employee's right index finger was caught on the moving belt and partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time. | |||||
2021-06-15 | Momence | Il | PRAIRIE CREEK GRAIN COMPANY, INC. | Foot (feet) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Employees were trying to unload a grain bin. The unload holes were plugged up, so they cut a hole in the side to drain the bin. One of the employees stepped on a nearby U-trough auger and his left foot went through a part of the auger. The auger caught and lacerated his foot. | |||||
2021-02-13 | Momence | Il | MOMENCE PACKING COMPANY, INC. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
An employee was hospitalized after falling while walking into the plant. | |||||
2020-01-20 | Momence | Illinois | Van Drunen Farms | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped on a patch of ice while walking into work, impacting the ground and suffering a compression fracture to the spine. | |||||
2020-01-16 | Momence | Illinois | VAN DRUNEN FARMS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a screw conveyor when his left hand entered the conveyor's auger, resulting in an amputation of approximately 3/4 of the middle finger. | |||||
2018-07-10 | Momence | Illinois | Berkot LTD. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting meat with a vertical bandsaw when the blade contacted his right hand, causing an amputation and laceration to the tip of his middle finger. | |||||
2018-03-01 | Momence | Illinois | Van Drunen Farms | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee suffered a finger amputation while cleaning a conveyor. The conveyor was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2018-02-08 | Momence | Illinois | GILSTER MARY LEE | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was folding cartons to put them on a conveyor when his right middle and ring fingers were caught and amputated in a belt and pulley. The belt and pulley were unguarded at the time. | |||||
2017-07-18 | Momence | Illinois | Edmund Allen Lumber | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was adjusting the board width on the roller conveyor that feeds stock through the painting machine and sustained partial amputations of the left middle and ring fingers in the roller chain and sprocket. | |||||
2017-06-24 | Momence | Illinois | AAF Flanders | Brain | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
An employee was physically struck by a co-worker after a verbal confrontation. The employee fell and struck his head on the concrete floor, requiring hospitalization for a concussion. | |||||
2017-03-29 | Momence | Illinois | VanDurnen Farm (Tuthill) | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning out the cluster machine (mixer) while it was running and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
2017-03-09 | Momence | Illinois | Silva International Inc | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was carrying boxes, slipped and fell resulting in a back injury. | |||||
2017-02-22 | Momence | Illinois | American Air Filter | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee was working on an overhead conveyor when a moving part smashed his left wrist, requiring hospitalization. The conveyor was in operation at the time. | |||||
2015-09-30 | Momence | Illinois | Van Drunen Farms - Strongheart Plant | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While trying to clear a jam in a screw conveyor, an employee's gloved right hand was pulled into the conveyor. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated right hand. | |||||
2015-05-13 | Momence | Illinois | VAN DRUNEN FARMS | Nonclassifiable | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
An employee received burns resulting in an overnight hospitalization. |