Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-16 | Naperville | Il | Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
On September 16, 2021, an employee was stung by a bee while moving linen carts on a loading dock. The employee had an allergic reaction to the bee sting and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-15 | Naperville | Il | WESTROCK PACKAGING SYSTEMS, LLC | Ankle(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was manually lifting corrugated sheets off the production floor when she was struck by a moving T-car unit, resulting in a cut to the lower left leg above the ankle bone. | |||||
2021-04-05 | Naperville | Il | PROMET PROCESSING CORPORATION | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
An employee sustained a contusion/laceration to their right hand when their hand was caught in the tension stand of a metal slitting machine. | |||||
2020-07-16 | Naperville | Illinois | Edwards-Elmhurst Health | Multiple body parts | Struck against stationary object or equipment |
An employee was working with an air handling unit when his head struck the unit, causing numbness in his arm, head, and neck. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Naperville | Illinois | Handi Foil Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was loading a coil into a machine when the coil became jammed. When the employee unjammed the coil, the machine's spindle caused an amputation of his right ring finger. | |||||
2019-05-31 | Naperville | Illinois | Monarch Enterprises Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was nailing siding on a building with a nail gun in a lift. The gun shot him in the lower chest and upper stomach. | |||||
2019-02-09 | Naperville | Illinois | Edward Hospital | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
On February 9, 2019, an employee received multiple concussions after tripping over a chair and falling at the nurse station. The employee struck her head on the coat/shoe rack. | |||||
2018-06-06 | Naperville | Illinois | Squeaky Kleen Professional Cleaning Service Inc. | Heel(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee slipped off a rung of a ladder and fell 7 to 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured heel. | |||||
2017-08-01 | Naperville | Illinois | KIC International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
While operating a hydraulic press, an employee's finger was caught in the point of operation, resulting in amputation. | |||||
2017-06-08 | Naperville | Illinois | JAN Electric LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee received an electrical shock while splicing wires under a reception desk. | |||||
2017-04-25 | Naperville | Illinois | North Central College | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was working on drywall from a ladder, when the employee fell from the ladder approximately 6 feet to the floor. He was hospitalized for seven broken ribs and a kidney laceration. | |||||
2016-07-26 | Naperville | Illinois | Associated Material Handling Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport |
An employee was working on a pallet truck when the pallet truck tipped over. The employee was caught between the pallet truck and a stationary object, suffering a back injury. | |||||
2016-07-25 | Naperville | Illinois | Carroll Distributing and Construction Supply Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee's hand was caught in the rebar bending machine, amputating his finger. | |||||
2016-03-02 | Naperville | Illinois | Edward Hospital | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was exiting a patient's room when her shoe was caught in the carpeting. She fell, striking her head twice on the floor. She suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-15 | Naperville | Illinois | Speedway LLC | Hip(s) | Nonclassifiable |
An employee injured their right hip while changing a gas pricing sign. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Naperville | Illinois | US Postal Service | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While delivering mail, an employee slipped on ice and struck her head on the ground. She was hospitalized with bleeding on her brain. | |||||
2015-09-20 | Naperville | Illinois | MONDELEZ GLOBAL LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On September 20, 2015 an employee was working in spice room #1 adjusting the flow of seasoning and amputated his left middle finger when it came in contact with a rotating auger at the end of the feeder tube. | |||||
2015-07-18 | Naperville | Illinois | Costco Wholesale Corporation | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
On or about July 18, 2015, at approximately 8:10 a.m., an employee was dismounting an electric pallet jack in the warehouse. After bringing the pallet jack to a full stop, she swung her leg out and struck an upright for a steel shelving unit, breaking a bone behind her knee. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-01 | Naperville | Illinois | Handi-Foil Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a core machine when he got caught in the machine. He suffered a finger amputation. | |||||
2015-04-13 | Naperville | Illinois | Phil Walz Plumbing, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder while repairing a leaking waterline in the ceiling at a residence. He had just finished soldering pipe and was in the clean-up phase of the job when he fell and sustained injuries to the head, face, right wrist, and left thumb. | |||||
2015-03-05 | Naperville | Illinois | Martam Construction, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
On March 5, 2015, an employee was hospitalized after suffering a foot injury on the job. The employee was standing next to a trench at ground level while lowering a concrete pipe into the ground when the pipe struck the employee in the leg. | |||||
2015-02-02 | Naperville | Illinois | Edward Hospital | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On February 2, 2015, an employee was hospitalized due to a slip/fall accident, which occurred in the parking lot of the worksite. |