Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-16	Throckmorton	Tx	Nordex USA, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down a fixed ladder on a wind turbine tower. He fell and landed on a platform on the tower level below, suffering head trauma, a broken leg, and loss of consciousness. He was hospitalized.
2021-11-06	Throckmorton	Tx	Wanzek Construction, Inc.	Pelvis	Struck by object or equipment
At around 10:40 a.m. November 6, 2021, an employee was breaking down a crane when a boom section struck the front of his lower body. He suffered a probable pelvic fracture.
2021-11-01	Morton	Il	Yinlun TDI LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Stacks of sheet steel weighing up to 2600 pounds were received from a supplier incorrectly oriented on wood slats. Employees were orienting the steel sheets to align correctly with the tubing line machine. Employee 1 was on the ground placing 2x4 lumber under the stacks of steel. Employee 2 was operating a forklift. Employee 2 placed the forks under the stacks of steel and lifted for clearance. Employee 1 placed the 2x4 under the stacks of steel in the correct orientation. Once the steel was low
2021-07-16	Morton	Il	Vanbuskirk Steel, LLC	Foot(feet) and knee(s)	Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
On July 16, 2021, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was standing on a truck's trailer adjusting a load of steel parts that were to be hauled to a scrap yard. The load shifted and the employee jumped off the trailer to the concrete approximately 4 to 5 feet below to avoid being injured by the shifting load. The employee suffered a fractured right heel and fractured left knee that required hospitalization.
2021-07-09	Morton	Il	Williams Brothers Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On July 9, 2021, a bar joist fell off the truck trailer and struck an employee working on the ground. The employee sustained a broken collarbone and two broken ribs.
2021-06-25	Morton	Ms	Koch Foods Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating an upright forklift and collided with another upright forklift. Part of the machine struck the employee's toe, resulting in a toe fracture.
2021-06-09	Morton	Il	Morton Industries LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was setting up a bead roller. The tip of his left index finger was within the point of operation when the machine cycled, crushing part of his left index fingertip. He suffered an amputation to the finger.
2021-04-19	Morton Grove	Il	McGrath Imports, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was working on a window regulator when the mechanism amputated the employee's left index finger.
2020-10-08	Morton	Ms	Koch Foods	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was dumping pans of breader. While removing product, the employee's glove was pulled into the chain and sprocket. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the fingertip of the third digit on the left hand.
2020-07-15	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
The injured employee stumbled while walking and bumped into another employee that was using scissors to cut poultry. The injured employee was struck by the scissors and was hospitalized with a puncture to the right side of the chest.
2020-02-26	Morton	Mississippi	KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a handsaw in the debone area and amputated their left thumb.
2019-09-16	Morton Grove	Illinois	Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was performing preventive maintenance and was removing built-up grease from a moving chain when his right index fingertip was amputated.
2019-09-12	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was using a deboning saw to debone a poultry thigh when the employee's left index finger contacted the rotating saw blade, resulting in an amputation to the extreme end of the left index finger. Protective gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.
2019-09-03	Morton Grove	Illinois	Menard, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of boxes and was struck by a reversing forklift. The employee sustained a crushed right foot that resulted in amputation of three toes, a right ankle fracture, and a torn meniscus in the right knee.
2019-06-28	Morton	Illinois	Caterpillar, Inc.	Forearm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On June 28, 2019, a maintenance employee was cutting through a damaged highway guardrail with a portable reciprocating saw when the guardrail moved and struck his left forearm, resulting in a tendon laceration that required hospitalization.
2019-06-10	Morton	Illinois	Matcor Metal Fabrication, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was moving a part off a welding fixture using a hoist. The magnet released, dropping the part on the employee's left hand. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.
2019-06-04	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods	Foot (feet)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was parking a standup forklift and caught his left foot between a wall and the forklift resulting in broken bones and hospitalization.
2019-04-04	Morton	Texas	Sundrill Energy Services, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An MWD tool was being picked up with an air hoist. As it was being lifted and was about 8 feet off the ground, it slipped out of the lifting clamp and fell onto an employee. The employee suffered bruised vertebrae.
2019-03-27	Morton	Illinois	Caterpillar Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
At 6:45 p.m. on March 27, 2019, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift in reverse. As the forklift approached a stack of filters, the employee's left little finger was crushed between a pallet in the filter stack and the vertical safety bar on the forklift. The finger was broken and part of it was amputated.
2019-01-28	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping down from her work stand when her foot was caught in a cardboard box and she fell to the floor. She was hospitalized and required surgery for a compound fracture of the right wrist.
2019-01-18	Morton	Illinois	AC LifePoints	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
At 7:15 a.m., on January 18, 2019, after stepping outside to go to a garage area, an employee slipped and fell on ice. The employee's head struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-06-22	Morton	Mississippi	KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was walking in an ice house when he stepped on a roller bearing access cover, causing his left foot to fall into an auger. He suffered a laceration to the foot and a fractured toe.
2018-05-11	Morton	Mississippi	Irby Construction Company	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee wrapped a rope around a truck crane outrigger leg to use as an anchor to lower a large jack from a steel utility pole. The rope was wrapped once around the outrigger leg and when the jack started lowering from the utility pole, the rope let out quickly and knocked the employee off their feet falling onto the ground. The employee suffered a fractured right hip and left scapula.
2018-03-07	Morton	Illinois	Poch Staffing, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 7, 2018, at approximately 4:15 a.m., an employee was operating the press brake and completed the first bend. As he was performing the second bend his left thumb was pinched in the part between the two bends amputating the tip of the thumb.
2018-02-13	Morton	Illinois	RMH Foods, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was feeding plastic into a sealing machine and amputated the right middle and ring fingers.
2018-02-01	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods Inc.	Foot (feet)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift and pinned his left foot between it and another stationary stand-up forklift resulting in a broken foot.
2018-01-02	Morton	Illinois	Morton Buildings Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On January 2, 2018, an employee was retrieving a 14 ft. 2x4 board from machine he was operating when his hand slipped and was caught between the board and machine. His left ring fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
2017-10-13	Morton	Illinois	Morton Industries LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
Two employees were working on a robotic spot welder when one employee initiated the machine, which then partially amputated the second employee's right index finger.
2017-09-30	Morton	Mississippi	MS Care Center of Morton	Hand(s)	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee was pulling linen from a client bed when she tore a ligament in her right hand.
2017-09-12	Morton	Illinois	Growmark, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
On September 12, 2017, an employee amputated his right ring fingertip while cutting square steel tubing on a band-saw.
2017-07-25	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was repairing a broken link on a flat breader machine's conveyor belt when a coworker activated the machine. The machine then fractured two of the employee's left-hand fingers.
2017-06-19	Morton	Texas	DNow LP	Upper arm(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was lowering a 3-inch pipe used as a guiderail for a lift pump when the crane cable broke below the cable clamp and above the cable eye. The pipe became unsecured and fell on the employee, lacerating the upper arm.
2017-05-29	Morton	Mississippi	KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee exited his vehicle in the parking lot and tripped over the precast concrete parking bumper, fracturing his right hip.
2017-03-09	Morton	Illinois	MATCOR METAL FABRICATION (ILLINOIS) INC.	Thigh(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was loading parts at the deburring machine, bumped their head, and fell backwards breaking their femur.
2017-02-23	Morton	Illinois	MATCOR METAL FABRICATION (ILLINOIS) INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing parts from a skeleton using a magnet and hoist when a part fell from the magnet and smashed his left thumb, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization.
2016-08-17	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Food	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a pallet jack when the equipment backed over her left leg, breaking the tibia and ankle.
2016-08-13	Morton	Illinois	NESTLE USA INC CONFECTIONS & SNACKS DIVISION	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On Saturday, August 13, 2016, around 4:15 p.m., an employee was attempting to clean the push arm of a conveyor when a positioning device activated and caught the employee's right middle finger, amputating approximately 1 centimeter.
2016-04-21	Morton	Illinois	OTTO BAUM CO., INC.	Eye(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On 04/21/16, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was cutting a concrete pipe with a cut-off saw. The blade became stuck, and the guard that covers the blade struck the left side of the employee's face, fracturing the orbital bone and causing lacerations.
2016-04-07	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods of Mississippi LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a chiller when a coworker turned on the equipment. The paddle in the chiller struck the employee's right hand, breaking and lacerating the middle and ring fingers. The equipment was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2016-03-14	Morton	Mississippi	KOCH FOODS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was removing boxes from the stack-off conveyer when his glove became caught in a knuckle chain. His right finger was partially amputated.
2015-12-29	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was troubleshooting the box taping machine. The employee's hand was caught in the chain drive resulting in the amputation of the left thumb's distal joint. The machine was not locked out at the time.
2015-12-07	Morton	Illinois	Circle K	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On or about December 8, 2015, an employee stepped off a step stool and fell to the floor, breaking her femur.
2015-11-10	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods of MS, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee's right big toe was crushed and fractured by a 237-pound breader hopper that tipped over after being struck by a trash bin pushed by another employee.
2015-08-07	Morton Grove	Illinois	Avon Products, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was exiting the restroom with her right hand placed on the door jamb. As she closed the door behind her, her right middle finger was amputated at the base of the fingernail bed or distal joint.
2015-07-23	Morton	Illinois	Dematic Corp.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
On July 23 2015, around 11:00 a.m., an employee working on a powerlift was adjusting a blade stock from the carriage when the carriage came down and pinched his right leg. He was hospitalized to suture the wound.
2015-07-23	Morton	Mississippi	Koch Foods of MS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's left hand reached into a tape machine to retrieve tape. His right hand was on the machine guard at the time. His right-hand index finger got caught in the rotating chain, and the top portion of the finger was amputated.
2015-02-26	Morton Grove	Illinois	Murphy & Miller, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Employee was servicing an HVAC unit at a customer's facility. While disassembling the chiller, the employee stepped off the chiller barrel onto a pipe. The employee's foot slipped off the pipe causing him to fall approximately four feet resulting in a broken rib.
2015-01-06	Morton Grove	Illinois	Menard, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employee was injured while repairing a forklift in the receiving department. The employee was caught between the forklift's mast and cage while reconnecting a hose. The employee was hospitalized overnight with a crushed or bruised vertebrae.