Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-11	East Peoria	Il	Liebovich Bros., Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On October 11, 2021, an employee was using a magnet to load a piece of 3/8-inch material onto the entry rollers of a machine. The load fell off the magnet and onto the employee's left foot, breaking multiple toes. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-14	Peoria	Il	O'Brien Steel Service Co.	Forearm(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
At about 3:30 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee was riding on the step used to access the cab of a powered industrial vehicle, observing the vehicle's operator for training purposes. The vehicle was traveling through an aisleway of a racking system used to store lengths of steel beams/poles. The employee's right arm struck the steel shelf arms of the racking system resulting in a fractured radius and ulna. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-13	East Peoria	Il	Texas Roadhouse	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was draining a soak tank. The employee slipped on the back dock, fell into scalding water, and suffered burns to the right leg and foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-03-06	Peoria	Il	Johnson Bros. Corporation, A Southland Company	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was standing next to staged formwork, about 3-4 feet high. The formwork shifted and fell on the employee's lower left leg, fracturing the ankle.
2021-02-13	East Peoria	Il	Caterpillar Inc.	Wrist(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On February 13, 2021, an employee was using a grinder/sander on a part. The machine lacerated the employee's left wrist.
2020-10-19	Peoria	Il	Methodist Medical Center of Illinois	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
On October 19, 2020, an employee was cleaning kitchen pots. While emptying a vat, the handle dislodged and boiling water spilled onto the employee and the floor. The employee then tripped over a drain lip and fell onto his back in the hot water that had spilled on the floor. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns to his legs and hands.
2020-04-24	Peoria Heights	Illinois	WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
On April 23, 2020, an employee was operating a demolition saw at a construction worksite. On April 24, 2020, the employee was hospitalized for a ruptured aorta and required surgery.
2020-04-14	Peoria	Illinois	Roecker's, Inc. dba Roecker Cabinets	Hand(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
At about 9:30 a.m. on April 14, 2020, an employee was operating a table saw when it cut his hand. He was hospitalized.
2020-03-17	Peoria	Illinois	CROSSMARK, INC.	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was carrying a tray with parts soaking in it when the employee slipped and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip that required surgery.
2020-02-27	Peoria	Illinois	AAA Galvanizing - Peoria, Inc. dba AZZ Galvanizing	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 27, 2020, at approximately 6:40AM, an employee was unhooking a load of galvanized steel from a crane when his right pinky finger was caught between the hook and the galvanized steel crushing the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to remove the crushed fingertip.
2020-02-21	Peoria	Illinois	Dan Waibel Designer Builder, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was dismantling a scaffold while working on an elevated platform that was lifted on the forks of a telehandler forklift and was equipped with a steel guardrail system. The employee was working from one side of the platform and slid a 24-foot aluminum scaffold platform from the wall bracket onto the top of the guardrail. The scaffold platform pivoted on the guardrail and fell 12 feet to the ground below. The employee was holding onto the platform as it fell and was ejected from the pl
2020-01-22	East Peoria	Illinois	Versa Press, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On January 21, 2020, at around 3:00 PM, an employee was fixing a printing press when his right hand fingers were caught between the belt and pulley resulting in lacerations to the index and middle fingers. The middle fingertip was surgically amputated.
2019-09-17	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a machine when the ram brushed his gloved right hand. He was startled and extended his fingers. The fourth fingertip on his right hand was then run over by the roller wheel on the ram head, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-07-29	Peoria	Illinois	Ameren Illinois	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was working on a portable sub-station with a battery and transformer when the employee suffered an electrical shock, burns, and a fall that required hospitalization.
2019-07-24	Peoria	Illinois	Unity Point Methodist	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
On July 24, 2019, at 10:00 p.m., an employee suffered an anaphylactic reaction to honey while sitting next to someone eating honey-flavored cereal.
2019-06-22	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was using a scoop to clean grit from a lube box on a draw machine when his gloved left hand was caught by a running wire. He suffered a left middle finger injury and a left ring fingertip amputation.
2019-05-31	Peoria	Illinois	P.J. HOERR, INC.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on a scaffold 3 feet off the ground when the employee lost footing and slipped, causing the employee's arm to come down onto the frame of the scaffold. The underside of the employee's arm caught the scaffold pin, causing a 3- to 4-inch laceration that required sutures and hospitalization.
2019-05-09	East Peoria	Illinois	Caterpillar, Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On May 9, 2019, an employee was performing a tool change on a quenching press and suffered multiple fractures to their left arm when their left arm was caught between the tooling on the hydraulic cylinder and the base plate.
2019-04-05	Peoria	Illinois	Advocate Aurora Health System	Multiple lower extremities locations	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On April 5, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., an employee was walking to their car, tripped over a rolling computer bag and fell. The employee sustained fractures to the left foot, ankle, and lower leg.
2019-02-07	East Peoria	Illinois	Superior Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On February 7, 2019, an employee was operating a hoist controller to remove chain slack during hook storage. The employee's left hand held the hoist chain in place while the hook was secured to an I-beam. The employee attached the hoist hook to the storage bar and tightened the slack so the hook would not swing. While tightening the slack, the employee's left little finger was caught between the hoist chain and the I-beam, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-01-15	Peoria	Illinois	Professional Therapy Services, Inc.	Skull	Fall on same level due to slipping
On January 15, 2019, at 8:45 a.m., an employee was walking into work from where she parked on the street when she slipped and fell, striking her head on the icy sidewalk. She was hospitalized with a fractured occipital bone.
2018-09-02	East Peoria	Illinois	AECOM, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a hoist to change a cooling liquid bag filter on a machine when the strap broke, causing the filter's metal strainer to come down on the employee's left hand and amputate the left middle fingertip.
2018-08-29	East Peoria	Illinois	CATERPILLAR, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On August 29, 2018, at 9:36 a.m., an employee had just returned a two-step stool to its storage location after using it. When she turned around, she tripped on the stool and fell on the floor. She was hospitalized with a bone fracture.
2018-08-25	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Hand(s)	Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
An employee was working on a slide gate at the bottom of a ladle. The employee was lancing the bottom of the ladle to open it up when the oxygen lance leaked oxygen into his glove. A spark then ignited the glove on the employee's left hand, burning it.
2018-07-10	East Peoria	Illinois	PAR Electrical Contractors, INC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee suffered heat-related illness while prepping a site for utility pole installations, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-05	East Peoria	Illinois	CATERPILLAR, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 5, 2018, an employee was guiding a gear into a gearbox. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the gear and the gearbox, resulting in the amputation of the fingertip.
2018-06-27	Peoria	Illinois	Envoy Air, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia rupture while loading bags from a conveyor onto a plane, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-05-18	Peoria	Illinois	Ameren Illinois Company	Arm(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was climbing out of an open air electrical vault. As the employee reached to gain access out of the vault, the manhole grate door became dislodged and fell onto the employee's right arm, fracturing it.
2018-05-17	Peoria	Illinois	Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was adjusting a blow molding milk container machine when it closed on and smashed the employee's right pinky, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.
2018-05-15	East Peoria	Illinois	CATERPILLAR, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee drove a tractor to a paint load station, stood up, and was about to begin sanding an area of the tractor when the employee tripped and fell approximately 2 feet to the tractor tracks, before rolling and falling approximately 4 more feet to the concrete below. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-04-27	Peoria	Illinois	O'Brien Steel Service Co.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was using an overhead crane to stack steel beams in the beam yard when the employee's left ring and pinky fingers were smashed between two beams, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-02-27	East Peoria	Illinois	Superior Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On February 27, 2018, at approximately 7:00 a.m., an employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor line when his fingers were caught between a pulley and belt, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation.
2018-02-01	Peoria	Illinois	SMG	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
On February 1, 2018, two employees were unloading equipment from a truck. The injured employee was pulling the equipment while a coworker pushed from the other side. The equipment's casters were caught on the edge of the ramp and the equipment tipped over, falling on top of the injured employee, resulting in a back injury that required hospitalization.
2017-08-28	East Peoria	Illinois	Caterpillar, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was flipping an approximately 100-pound part on a parts tub/table when his finger was smashed and partially amputated between the part and the table.
2017-08-19	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After working a double shift in the mill, an employee felt ill and was hospitalized for dehydration.
2017-08-15	Peoria	Illinois	Ameren Illinois Company	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On August 15, 2017, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee tripped over a computer mouse cord and fell, fracturing her left tibia. She was hospitalized.
2017-07-03	Peoria	Illinois	KOMATSU AMERICA CORP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On July 3, 2017, at approximately 7:10 AM, in the welding area, an employee was pushing his toolbox to the desired work area. At the time the employee was pushing his tool box there was a prybar sticking out beyond the side of the toolbox. The employee ran into a crane rail structure, crushing the employee's left pinky and ring fingers.
2017-06-19	Peoria	Illinois	Langston Bag of Peoria, LLC	Hand(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
On June 19, 2017,around 6:45 p.m., an employee was adjusting a paper tubing machine when his left hand was caught and lacerated between two rollers. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2017-05-09	Peoria	Illinois	Dr. Pepper Snapple Group	Multiple body parts	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee had walked out of a store where he was doing a product reset when he was shot in the parking lot by unknown assailants. He suffered gun shot wounds to the right arm, back, and buttock.
2017-05-08	Peoria	Illinois	Wright Tree Service, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
On May 8, 2017, around 9:00 a.m., an employee was cutting tree limbs away from power lines. He was repositioning himself in the tree 45- to 60-feet high when the limb he was tied off to broke and he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a collapsed lung, pelvic injuries, and back injuries that required surgery.
2017-04-21	Peoria	Illinois	Archer Daniels Midland	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
While installing a belt driven motor assembly an employee's finger was caught between a belt and the sheave resulting in a laceration to the little finger on his right hand. The employee was admitted to the hospital in preparation for surgery.
2017-04-07	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Steel and Wire, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to repair the welding machine with a pair of pliers when the pliers became caught and pulled the employee's hand into the machine, partially amputating the left ring finger.
2017-03-16	Peoria	Illinois	UnityPoint Health - Proctor	Brain	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a large patch of ice in the parking deck and fell striking his head. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion and short term memory loss.
2017-02-28	Peoria	Illinois	O'Brien Steel Service Co.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
The employee was using an air wand to spray off excess shot from the steel beam. The steel beam rolled over onto the tip of his right middle finger causing a fingertip amputation.
2017-02-17	Peoria	Illinois	Unitypoint Health Systems	BODY SYSTEMS	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
An employee was called to provide assistance with controlling a patient. During the struggle, the employee suffered a heart attack.
2017-01-06	East Peoria	Illinois	LIEBOVICH BROS., INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall, slip, trip
While checking the surface quality of steel at the automatic blanking line, an employee fell into the shear bed area of the platform. The shear bed hold-downs then clamped onto the employee's left middle and ring fingers, fracturing them.
2016-09-14	Peoria	Illinois	OSF Healthcare System	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Sudden start or stop, roadway
On or about September 14, 2016, an employee was a passenger in the company shuttle bus, commuting from the employee parking lot to the building. The company shuttle bus quickly braked to avoid another vehicle and the employee slid forward, striking her left abdomen on the seat in front of her.
2016-07-26	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On or about July 26, 2016, an employee was operating a crane magnet while moving four steel billets. The employee lifted two billets from the south end to connect the C-channel to the billets when the force of the magnet caught his hand between the C-channel and the 50-pound billets, fracturing his left thumb.
2016-06-15	East Peoria	Illinois	CATERPILLAR, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On or about June 15, 2016, an employee was moving a nylon board to the assembly table and in the processed pinched her left index finger resulting in a partial amputation.
2016-06-09	East Peoria	Illinois	Hinckley Springs	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was entering a laboratory at a customer's location to deliver drinking water when a gust of wind and the pressurization of the laboratory caused the door to close on the employee's right pinky finger, amputating the fingertip.
2016-04-14	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Steel and Wire, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
On or about April 14, 2016, at approximately 7 AM, a crane operator and an employee were setting up to carry a load to the mill. The crane operator was setting riggers for the crane while the employee was in the area when the crane's outrigger crushed the employee's left foot, fracturing it and possibly amputating toes.
2016-03-30	Peoria	Illinois	USPS North University Station	Brain	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was walking across a resident's driveway while delivering mail when the resident backed up a vehicle and struck the employee. The employee was knocked unconscious and hospitalized with a head injury.
2016-02-23	Peoria	Illinois	OSF Healthcare System	Wrist(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee stepped backward onto the wheel of an office chair and fell, fracturing the left wrist.
2016-02-03	East Peoria	Illinois	CATERPILLAR, INC.	Forearm(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee engaged in painting operations for large tractors became entangled in the equipment and suffered a distal forearm amputation.
2016-01-28	Peoria	Illinois	American National Red Cross, Heart of America Region	Arm(s)	Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
An employee was coming into work, walking from the parking lot with a co-worker, and tripped on a 4 inch curb. She tried to catch herself, and suffered a laceration on her forehead and a spiral break in her left arm.
2016-01-24	East Peoria	Illinois	ATS Global, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was installing a part in a milling machine using an air hoist. While lowering the part the last inch, the hoist came down and the part dropped, fracturing and partially amputating the employee's right middle finger.
2015-10-21	East Peoria	Illinois	Aecom, Inc.	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was walking down the hallway when he tripped and fell fracturing the hip and thigh. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-09-22	Peoria	Illinois	PRAIRIE MATERIAL	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a hand operated push hammer to unclog the fly ash silo. A dislodged piece of fly ash pinned the employee's finger and when the employee jerked their hand out the finger was lacerated.
2015-07-18	Peoria	Illinois	KOMATSU AMERICA CORP.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
A maintenance employee servicing a wheel abrading machine was hospitalized after breaking two of his right-hand fingers.
2015-05-10	Peoria	Illinois	Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
On May 10, 2015, an employee amputated his left index fingertip while at the workstation.
2015-04-08	Peoria	Illinois	Bodine Services of Peoria, LLC	Forearm(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was jetting tubes for the scrubber cooler tube sheet at ADM. He suffered a laceration when a high-pressure lance grazed his left arm below the elbow.
2015-04-03	Peoria	Illinois	PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On April 3, 2015, an employee reached over a guard and suffered injuries to the fingers on his left hand when the machine cycled. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-02-06	Peoria	Illinois	United States Postal Service	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on ice, resulting in a broken hip.
2015-01-26	Peoria	Illinois	US Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
On January 26, 2015, at approximately 10 AM, an employee slipped and fell on snow-covered ice on the sidewalk. The employee was taken to the hospital for treatment with multiple breaks in her right ankle.