| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-11 | Pekin | Il | Alto ICP, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| On June 11, 2021, an employee developed Legionnaires' disease and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Pekin | Il | Restaurant Equipment Service Group LLC | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using a ladder in order to access the top of a walk-in cooler. The walk-in cooler was outdoors and the conditions were below freezing and icy. The employee slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground, resulting in two fractured bones in the lower half of the right leg. | |||||
| 2020-08-23 | Pekin | Il | NRG Energy Powerton Generating Station | Elbow(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| On August 23, 2020, an employee was checking the pressure on compressed oxygen cylinders used for boiler chemistry control. When the employee opened a cylinder manifold valve, the stainless steel braided hose connecting the cylinder cradle to the pressure gauge failed and whipped around, striking the employee on the back and the left elbow. The employee suffered a 6-inch laceration to the elbow and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-05-06 | Pekin | Illinois | FLSmidth Inc. | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On May 6, 2020, at approximately 7:45 p.m., an employee stopped a lathe and pulled a nylon strap through the center of a 13-inch long, 8-inch diameter part. The nylon strap was attached to a jib crane, and the employee needed to jog the lathe to lock the chuck. The lathe did not jog and instead began running at operational speed. The employee's gloved right hand was caught between the nylon strap and rotating metal part, resulting in a broken thumb, severed nerves and tendons, and severe tissue | |||||
| 2019-07-19 | Pekin | Illinois | Henkels & McCoy Group, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| At 5:45 p.m. on July 19, 2019, an employee was using a jib on a bucket truck. He had his left hand on the winch line to help with the slack; when he turned, his left little finger was drawn into the pinch point created by the winch line and spool. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation of the left little finger, as well as a fracture to the little finger and ring finger. | |||||
| 2016-10-21 | Pekin | Illinois | M.J. ELECTRIC, LLC | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was spotting equipment being moved by a rough terrain forklift when the forklift ran over the employee's foot, breaking it. | |||||
| 2016-06-02 | Pekin | Illinois | Pacific Ethanol | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was putting a tote of fermentation additive on a process sump when a chemical reaction occurred and a cloud of chlorine dioxide came out of the sump. When the employee went to shut off the valve, he inhaled the chlorine dioxide and suffered respiratory damage, requiring overnight hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-02-10 | Pekin | Illinois | Hupp Toyotalift | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing repair activities on a dock leveler when support blocks failed, allowing the dock plate to come down on top of the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebrae and ruptured discs. | |||||
| 2015-04-11 | Pekin | Illinois | Vadakin Inc | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee using hoisting equipment to move hydro-blasting equipment was struck in the head when the hoisting equipment broke free, resulting in a concussion and hospitalization. | |||||