| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-26 | Northbrook | Il | Argo Roofing Company | Head and neck | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| On October 26, 2021, at approximately 10:25 a.m. an employee was performing roofing work on a commercial building and was walking backward moving a propane tank with a handcart. While moving the propane tank, the employee tripped over the raised lip of an unprotected skylight and fell through it to the concrete floor 20 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured cervical vertebra and multiple skull fractures. | |||||
| 2021-10-06 | Northbrook | Il | Chicagoland Management & Associates, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was peeling paint off trim on a garage. He fell from the edge of the roof to the ground about 8 feet below, suffering a spinal injury that required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-07-17 | Northbrook | Il | Dania Furniture | Arm(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee slipped/tripped and fell to the floor, breaking her right arm. | |||||
| 2021-05-06 | Northbrook | Il | Highland Baking Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee's thumb was caught between a rack and a cart, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-01-04 | Northbrook | Il | FE Moran, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On January 4, 2021, an employee was holding two runs of duct work that were inserted into a tabletop corner insertion machine when the machine activated by proxy switches that sense the presence of the metal and begin the sequence. An angle fixture popped out of the table and traveled from a horizontal to a vertical position to hold the duct work while a corner clip was being applied. The employee's gloved left ring finger was pinched by this angle fixture, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2020-02-10 | Northbrook | Illinois | Graham Enterprise Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee lost her balance and fell to the floor, injuring her hip and back. She was hospitalized and required hip surgery. | |||||
| 2019-08-24 | Northbrook | Illinois | Trader Joe's | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was loading a cart with flowers when the employee stepped back, twisted a heel, and fell backwards to the ground. The employee suffered a hip fracture. | |||||
| 2019-08-22 | Northbrook | Illinois | IN HOME HEALTH, LLC dba Heartland Hospice | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping |
| An employee was walking toward the building entrance when she tripped on pavement and fell to the ground, injuring her right shoulder, collarbone, ribs, and left toe. | |||||
| 2019-08-20 | Northbrook | Illinois | UL LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting an aluminum bracket with a miter saw when the bracket pinned his finger up against the backstop, resulting in fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-08-17 | Northbrook | Illinois | Highland Baking Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was standing alongside a conveyor placing pans on the belt when his left hand rested on a pneumatic rod that controls the tempo of production. The pneumatic rod retracted and caused an amputation to his left pinky finger. The rod was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-04-22 | Northbrook | Illinois | Dania of Illinois Inc., dba Dania Furniture | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading boxes of furniture from a shipping container when a large tabletop struck and knocked the employee to the floor. The employee suffered a broken left hip. | |||||
| 2018-02-08 | Northbrook | Illinois | UL LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a crane to lift a filtration tank filled with sand to the main level of a hydro lab when the tank fell. The employee was struck by the falling tank, an electrical conduit, and a metal pipe, suffering multiple broken ribs, swelling to the right leg, and a crushing injury. | |||||
| 2017-07-06 | Northbrook | Illinois | Highland Baking Company, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to dislodge dough from a dough-separating machine when the machine's cutting blade amputated the employee's left middle and ring fingers. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Northbrook | Illinois | Euromarket Designs, Inc. dba Crate & Barrel | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| The employee was walking down the concrete stairs for the day when she missed a step and fell down a few stairs onto the landing fracturing an ankle. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Northbrook | Illinois | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Leg(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to couple a piece of equipment to a "dog house." He stepped onto the "dog house" dock plate, which slipped pinning his right leg between the equipment and the dock plate. His leg injury required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-10-04 | Northbrook | Illinois | Metals USA | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was cutting rolls of metal on a machine. The employee was on the stairs checking on the rollers when his right leg became caught in the roller and amputated at the ankle. | |||||
| 2016-08-26 | Northbrook | Illinois | Helms Performance Group, Inc. dba Christy Metals/Chris Industries/Chris Plating | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On 8/26/16 an employee was operating a brake press and lost part of his left middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-07-07 | Northbrook | Illinois | Allstate Insurance Company | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee attending a meeting in a conference room tripped over a data port located on the floor; a cover was missing over the data port at the time. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a fractured hip. | |||||
| 2015-01-17 | Northbrook | Illinois | Brookdale Living Communities of Illinois - GV, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| Employee was attacked and beaten by three to four assailants and was hospitalized. | |||||