Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-07-13 | Pontiac | Il | Anthony Liftgates Inc | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was repairing a broken torsion rod on a liftgate when the rod released and struck the employee's face. The employee sustained facial fractures and a broken nose and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-01-04 | Pontiac | Il | O'Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC | Head | Fall on same level due to slipping |
On January 4, 2021, an employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped on black ice and hit their head, resulting in a concussion that required hospitalization. | |||||
2019-04-29 | Pontiac | Illinois | Enbridge Energy | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On April 29, 2019, at 4:30 p.m., an employee was assisting with the final pass of torqueing the hydraulic torque wrench when the tip of the employee's glove got stuck between the nut and the tool. The tool engaged and the employee's ring fingertip was amputated. | |||||
2017-05-10 | Pontiac | Illinois | Kroeschell Operations, Inc | Nonclassifiable | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee contacted a metal hose clamp while working on a waste water pump, suffering a laceration and infection that required hospitalization the following day. | |||||
2016-07-21 | Pontiac | Illinois | CATERPILLAR, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
On July 21, 2016, around 4:45 p.m., an employee was processing hardened steel parts in metal baskets from the heat treat furnace when one of the baskets hit and lacerated his right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-02-03 | Pontiac | Illinois | Interlake Mecalux, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
A temporary employee was operating an automatic welder and attempted to clean the weld heads while the machine was still in operation. The left ring finger was amputated to the first knuckle and the left pinky fingertip was also amputated. | |||||
2015-03-25 | Pontiac | Illinois | Interlake Mecalux, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
On March 25, 2015, an employee transporting a racking system contacted a 480-volt busbar. The employee received burns to the torso, head, and shoulder and was hospitalized. |