Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-09-16 | Normal | Il | XPO Logistics | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was walking down the dock and was struck by a forklift. The employee received multiple fractures to the right leg. | |||||
2020-08-12 | Normal | Il | Heritage Operations Group, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. |
On August 12, 2020, an employee was walking out of an office, turned, tripped over a resident's feet, and fell. The employee was for a fractured right shoulder and knee that required surgery. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Normal | Illinois | Painters USA, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was adjusting the spray tip of a pneumatic powered paint sprayer when the spray trigger was activated, causing the spray stream of paint to contact the employee's hand. Paint was injected into the employee's hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2018-08-28 | Normal | Alabama | Aramark Business Facilities, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was lifting a small dump trailer with a teammate. They set the trailer's tongue down on a block and the employee's right index finger was pinched between the tongue and the block, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
2018-04-14 | Normal | Illinois | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On April 14, 2018, an employee was attempting to remove bead tape from a spiral wrap machine when he stepped on the foot pedal and engaged the machine. The roller began to move and pulled his left middle finger into the nip point between the roller and machine frame, amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2018-04-06 | Normal | Illinois | Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was manually loading a delivery truck with 65-pound tractor trailer jack stands when the employee's left middle finger was caught between two jack stands, amputating approximately 1/2 inch of the finger. | |||||
2017-09-12 | Normal | Alabama | Tradesmen International, LLC | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was on an extension ladder to line up ceiling/floor boards above him. The ladder slipped out from under him and the employee fell to the floor resulting in hospitalization for fractured ankles. | |||||
2017-03-20 | Normal | Illinois | Vissering Construction Company | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
While climbing up a scaffold to measure a window, an employee fell approximately 9 feet to the concrete ground, breaking ribs and the pelvis. | |||||
2016-09-07 | Normal | Illinois | The Fresh Market, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was decorating from a 3-foot stepladder. While turning to descend the ladder, the employee slipped and fell to the floor, lacerating the head and fracturing the right knee/leg. | |||||
2016-01-11 | Normal | Illinois | MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment |
On January 11, 2016, at about 2:00 p.m., an employee was struck by support pieces from a racking system that was being disassembled. The employee suffered cracked vertebrae. | |||||
2015-01-24 | Normal | Illinois | Advocate BroMenn Medical Center | Wrist(s) | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
Employee was tending to psychiatric patient in emergency room. Patient became combative and pushed employee to the floor. The employee stuck out arm while falling to the floor and broke wrist. The employee was admitted to the hospital on January 24th, 2015. The employee had surgery on January 25th, 2015. The employee was released from the hospital on January 26th, 2015. |