Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-08-23	Oak Brook	Il	Nordstrom Oakbrook Center	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
While walking on the sales floor, an employee tripped and fell sustaining a fractured right hip.
2020-02-25	Oak Brook	Illinois	Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to slipping
While washing the inside of the walk-in cooler, an employee slipped on ice and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a back injury and a cut on an eyebrow.
2019-05-30	Oak Brook	Illinois	Hinsdale Nurseries	Head	Other fall to lower level
An employee was in a truck loading a wheelbarrow when the employee slipped and fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a head contusion.
2018-08-14	Oak Brook	Illinois	Pepper Construction Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening
While removing a plywood floor cover on a flat roof, an employee fell through an opening in the roof. The employee fell onto a scissor lift guardrail, suffering a lacerated liver.
2016-10-24	Oak Brook	Illinois	Club Demonstration Services	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
On October 24, 2016, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was standing behind the demonstration stable serving customers sample candy when the employee fainted, injuring their right elbow and back.
2015-09-08	Oak Brook	Illinois	STCR Acquisition, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee sustained second and third degree burns while attempting to clean a flat-top grill with combustible liquid.