| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-23 | Palatine | Il | Weber-Stephen Products LLC | Leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| A forklift struck an employee from behind as it backed up. The employee suffered a broken left leg. | |||||
| 2021-04-09 | Palatine | Il | Lea Heating & Air Conditioning CO., INC. | Elbow(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was climbing down an extension ladder. The employee fell to the grass about 8 to 10 feet below, suffering a broken left elbow. | |||||
| 2021-02-01 | Palatine | Il | UPS Ground Freight, Inc. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking to his vehicle during his lunch break when he slipped in the snow and fell to the ground, tearing a ligament in his left knee. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Palatine | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Upper arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| A maintenance employee was trying to clear a mail jam from a machine when the conveyor pulled his right arm into the machine. He suffered a broken humerus bone to his right arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2019-06-19 | Palatine | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was at a dock operating a high-low forklift when a bulk mail cart (BMC) started rolling towards him. He extended his right arm in an attempt to stop the BMC and his right middle finger was pinched between the BMC and his forklift, resulting in an amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2019-02-27 | Palatine | Illinois | Target Corporation | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing down a ladder in a storeroom when he fell to the floor, breaking his right leg. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | Palatine | Illinois | Allied Air Conditioning & Heating Corporation | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to retrieve some tools on location at a job. The employee slipped, lost his balance, and fell to the ground breaking both of his legs. | |||||
| 2018-06-13 | Palatine | Illinois | WSP Holdings Co. dba Weber-Stephen Products Co. | Elbow(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was walking into work, tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and fell resulting in a fracture and a torn ligament in the left elbow. | |||||
| 2017-09-21 | Palatine | Illinois | WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee began to feel ill, suffering leg and arm cramps, fatigue, and lightheadedness. He was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
| 2017-02-21 | Palatine | Illinois | UPS Ground Freight, Inc. | Hand(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On February 21, 2017, at approximately 9:35 p.m., two employees were moving bulk carts. The injured employee's left hand was pinched between the two carts, resulting in a crushing injury that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-30 | Palatine | Illinois | New Albertson's, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| On 8/30/16, an employee was delivering product to the store and suffered serious injury to his left thumb when backing up a powered pallet jack into the freezer and striking his thumb on the locking mechanism on the door. | |||||
| 2016-08-03 | Palatine | Illinois | Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| After stocking a shelf, an employee fell while descending a 4-foot step ladder, fracturing the left leg/knee. | |||||
| 2015-11-05 | Palatine | Illinois | Metro Staffing | Upper and lower limb(s) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was walking in the aisle and was struck by a forklift transporting a tool die injuring the right forearm, hand and leg. | |||||
| 2015-07-18 | Palatine | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was struck by a forklift. | |||||
| 2015-04-13 | Palatine | Illinois | Roundy's Super Market dba Mariano's Fresh Market | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee's fingers were crushed while reaching into a hamburger patty machine. | |||||
| 2015-01-28 | Palatine | Illinois | United Parcel Service, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level |
| Employee fell during the performance of pick-off work at the facility. | |||||