| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-17 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Meany Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 10 to 12 feet from the top of a concrete masonry unit wall to the ground. | |||||
| 2020-05-21 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Aurora Health-Lutheran General Hospital | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| On May 21, 2020, an employee was entering a pavilion through a doorway when she slipped and fell to the ground, fracturing her left tibia and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-03-10 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
| An employee sustained burns to the abdomen while cleaning a crock pot. | |||||
| 2019-01-21 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Health and Hospital Corporation | Lumbar region | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A nursing care technician entered a soiled utility room to place a dirty food tray in a cart. She slipped on a liquid on the floor and fell, injuring her lower back. | |||||
| 2018-05-06 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation dba Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee fell approximately 36 to 40 inches off a stool to the ground, fracturing the left upper femur. | |||||
| 2018-05-04 | Park Ridge | New Jersey | Columbia Sussex Corporation | Lumbar region | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
| An employee was helping to move an ice sculpture with two other people when the sculpture became imbalanced. He then felt a severe pain in his back. He was hospitalized with a lumbar herniated disc and back pain. | |||||
| 2018-03-30 | Park Ridge | New Jersey | Staples, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a rolling ladder to access inventory and slipped on the third step and fell backwards breaking her leg in two places. | |||||
| 2016-01-26 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Woodmark, LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was nailing decking on a first floor deck. The plywood was icy, and the employee slipped and fell with his nail gun in hand. As he fell, the nail gun discharged a long nail that punctured his right knee. | |||||
| 2015-12-09 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation dba Advocate Lutheran General Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to change in air pressure |
| An employee was helping a patient in the hyperbaric chamber. The patient started seizing and the employee had to rapidly decompress the chamber, which resulted in the employee suffering an air embolism and decompression illness. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-03-13 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Heritage Carpentry Inc. | Lumbar region | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was struck in the back by a wall panel, resulting in fractures to the lower vertebrae. | |||||
| 2015-02-05 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional |
| On 2/5/15 an employee acting as part of a rapid response healthcare team was transferring a patient from the inpatient bed to a cart when the employee incurred a back strain. The employee was admitted and hospitalized for 3 days. | |||||