| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-11 | Paris | Il | The GSI Group, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee began to feel ill at 3:30 a.m. on November 11, 2021, after the last break of his shift. He was hospitalized, suffering from metal fume fever and hypoxia. | |||||
| 2021-10-08 | Paris | Tx | Walmart Supercenter | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was conducting housekeeping activities when she fell, resulting in a broken hip. | |||||
| 2021-05-01 | Paris | Tx | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a bagger machine. He was severely shocked by static electricity. | |||||
| 2021-01-09 | Paris | Il | SIMONTON WINDOWS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was greasing the glass line washer on a glass line. He made contact with a chain and sprocket, causing the amputation (without bone loss) of his left middle fingertip and fingernail. | |||||
| 2020-10-03 | Paris | Tx | Silgan Containers | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| After finishing setup, an employee was making adjustments to the tooling on a trimmer machine. The machine was activated and the employee's hand slipped. His left ring finger was caught between a cogged belt and a wheel. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2020-09-11 | Paris | Tx | Juan Andreas Meza Garcia | Multiple face locations | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from the roof of a steel building to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with a bruised eye, busted lip, and facial scratches. | |||||
| 2020-08-22 | Paris | Ny | H. Richardson & Sons | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was placing a vinyl/canvas cover over the bucket of a bucket truck. The employee slipped on the non-skid surface of the platform beneath the boom cradle and fell to the ground, suffering a broken left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2020-08-01 | Paris | Tx | Turner Industries Group | Multiple body parts | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee had just placed some timbers on a pipe stack. As he was moving away, a 16-inch by 10-foot pipe that was being stacked rolled onto the timbers past the intended placement. This caused the timbers to catapult over the pipe. One of the two timbers struck the employee on the right side as it was coming down, knocking him to the ground. He suffered fractures to the right wrist, nose, face, and skull on the right side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-07-22 | Paris | Illinois | Cargill Dry Corn Ingredients, Inc. | Head and trunk | Contact with objects and equipment |
| On July 22, 2020, at approximately 12:15 PM, the injured employee had been removing a jammed bag from a packaging machine. A supervisor found the injured employee on the floor, unresponsive. The employee had been injured by the bag carriage device on the packer machine. He was hospitalized with head trauma, lacerations on the left eyebrow and back of the head, two broken ribs on the right side, and multiple fractures to the right side of the jaw requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-07-21 | Paris | Texas | We Pack Logistics, LP | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was doing a walk-around inspection of a tractor trailer when he tripped and fell over a tire that was hidden in the grass. His knee was dislocated. | |||||
| 2020-07-15 | Paris | Illinois | North American Lighting, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee walked to the back of the assembly line to sign off on the completion of the fail-safe process. When they were returning to the front side of the assembly line, the employee stepped inside the frame of a finished goods cart and tripped, striking their head and right shoulder against the cart and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a head laceration and a dislocated right shoulder. | |||||
| 2020-06-23 | Paris | Texas | Turner Industries Group | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was using a forklift to move a metal frame divider/welding blind. The employee had partially lifted the divider (blind) and then exited the forklift to push over the divider onto its side. The blind slid on the forks and tipped upwards causing one of the support legs on the blind stand to contact the employee's left ribs. He sustained fractured ribs and a hemothorax. | |||||
| 2020-04-28 | Paris | Texas | Lazer Spot | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was heading out of the office and down the stairs to begin her shift at the gate. It was stormy with heavy winds at the time. She stepped out onto the landing and shut the door when a gust of wind caused her to lose her balance and fall down the stairs. She was hospitalized with a possible concussion and a fractured coccyx. | |||||
| 2019-08-20 | Paris | Illinois | North American Lighting | Multiple trunk locations | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c. |
| On August 20, 2019, an employee was adjusting the forks on a powered industrial truck when a second employee drove down an adjacent row and struck/pushed returnable metal frame packaging toward the first employee. The first employee was pinned between the packaging and the mast of his powered industrial truck, suffering fractured ribs, a lacerated kidney, and a lung contusion. | |||||
| 2019-07-05 | Paris | Illinois | Walmart | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over the corner of a pallet and fell, suffering injuries to the right elbow and leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-28 | Paris | Texas | TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC | Head and trunk | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was removing a steel wedge from a bending clamp that was used to secure a steel pipe in a bending machine when the wedge came out with force and struck the employee in the head. The employee then fell from the steps he was working from and to the ground, fracturing his skull and back. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Paris | Illinois | NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC. | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| On June 24, 2019, an employee was hooking up carts to his tugger when he tried to turn around and lost his balance, falling to the floor. He suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-31 | Paris | Illinois | Ben Tire Distributors, Ltd. | Lumbar region | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was changing a tire on a spreader at a farm. The employee removed the right, rear tire and was rolling it to the front of the spreader. The tire kicked out and as the employee tried to get away from the tire, he slipped on loose gravel and fell to his knees. The tire landed across his back and pinned him to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for three fractured lumbar vertebrae. | |||||
| 2019-05-18 | Paris | Texas | Performance Food Group | Heel(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was unloading product from the back of a tractor trailer. While coming down the ramp with a two-wheeled hand cart, the employee's foot slipped and he fell off the ramp. The hand cart then fell on top of him lacerating his ankle and crushing his heel. | |||||
| 2019-05-03 | Paris | Illinois | THOMPSON THRIFT CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On May 3, 2019, at 5:15 p.m., an employee had finished working for the day and began walking up a slippery grassy incline to his truck. He slipped and fell fracturing the right ankle. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-03-07 | South Paris | Maine | CN Brown Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Exposure to environmental cold |
| An employee suffered frostbite on his left little toe after spending most of the day outside pumping gas. The toe had to be amputated. | |||||
| 2019-02-21 | Paris | Illinois | Cargill Dry Corn Ingredients, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 2:00 p.m. on February 21, 2019, an employee was descending a rolling ladder on the first floor of a specialty mill. The employee fell from the last step to the ground, suffering multiple fractures to the left wrist. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Paris | Illinois | Kroger | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On January 18, 2019, at approximately 6:45 a.m. an employee climbed on a two-step ladder to gather containers from the top shelf. On the way down, the employee missed the first step and fell on the floor, requiring hospitalization and surgery for a fractured right hip. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Paris | Illinois | North American Lighting, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| On January 18, 2018, at approximately 7:30 p.m., an employee was packing lamps when she experienced severe back pain as she bent over to pick up an empty tote weighing 5.6 lbs. that was laying 12 inches from the floor. She was hospitalized with a bulging disc. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Paris | Texas | James Skinner Baking Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was using a plastic-handled bristled brush to clean dough from a rotating cutter on a dough sheeter when the brush was caught in the cutter and the employee's index finger contacted the cutter. The employee's right index finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2019-01-16 | Paris | Illinois | North American Lighting | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to clear a jam at an LED attachment machine when the employee's right fourth finger was pinched between the LED tube feed magazine and the horizontal stationary guide, resulting in an amputation to the distal end of the finger (no bone loss). | |||||
| 2018-09-10 | Paris | Illinois | Lyon LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| A temporary employee was lifting a door forming tool when the 150-pound tool dropped on his right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2018-07-05 | Paris | Texas | Silgan Containers Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was trying to re-start a production line. He was troubleshooting and climbing up and down a ladder to reach the internal bake oven. The employee became overheated and suffered a heat stroke. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Paris | Texas | James Skinner Baking Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was scraping excess dough off of a sheeter machine's roller when the roller cut his left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was running and unguarded at the time. | |||||
| 2017-10-17 | Paris | Texas | TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC | Forearm(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping another employee to roll a spool when the spool shifted. The injured employee attempted to hold onto it to keep it from falling to the ground. The injured employee's right forearm then became caught in between the spool and the cross members of a paint cart, suffering a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-10-02 | Paris | Illinois | Lyon LLC | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On October 2, 2017, an employee was walking backwards and pulling a 994-pound cart of metal uprights when the cart tipped and the employee's legs were caught between the cart and the concrete walking surface resulting in a fractured left ankle, right tibia and right knee. | |||||
| 2017-07-13 | Paris | Texas | Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered from heat-related illness while digging a hole to find a water leak in a 1-inch service line, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-03-28 | Paris | Texas | Oscar Renda | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
| An employee was struck by a vehicle while grouting a manhole, suffering multiple fractures and lacerations to the face and left knee. | |||||
| 2016-09-09 | Paris | Texas | Kimberly Clark Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was feeling to see if there was a leak at the location when his right middle finger slipped into a hole. A butterfly valve below the hole actuated and caused a partial amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-09-03 | Paris | Illinois | NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee tripped over the hitch of a stationary robot while walking across the floor to set up the equipment, requiring hospitalization for a fractured left kneecap. | |||||
| 2016-05-12 | Paris | Illinois | NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee used a pocket knife to open a box. When he closed his pocket knife, he amputated his right-hand middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-03-23 | Paris | Illinois | Lyon, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| While operating a brake press, an employee amputated four right-hand fingers when the foot pedal activated during a change over. | |||||
| 2015-05-31 | Paris | Arkansas | Key Energy Services LLC | Brain | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet |
| An employee was loading equipment and tools onto a truck to prepare to leave a well site. The employee was standing on a lubricator rack/catwalk where he was releasing the straps on the crane when the catwalk collapsed. The employee fell approximately 5 feet to the truck below and hit his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-01 | Paris | Texas | RPM Staffing Professionals | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee's lawn mower got stuck. Another employee attempted to use a second mower and a sling to pull it out. The sling came loose and struck the employee in the head. | |||||
| 2015-04-22 | Paris | Arkansas | CLOYES GEAR & PRODUCTS, INC. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee opened the shaver machine door and reached in to remove a Ford F-7 part from the clamp device. The part had not finished coasting down at the time. The employee contacted the rotating part, which pulled flesh off of his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-04-16 | Paris | Illinois | NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall on same level |
| An employee suffered a compound fracture of the back from a fall while walking to the corporate office on Main Street. | |||||