Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-07	Rochelle	Il	Amazon	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift struck an employee with its forks, injuring the employee's right leg.
2021-09-07	Rochelle	Il	Ryder Integrated Logistics	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A forklift's fork struck an Amazon employee in the right leg, causing a contusion and a cut and possibly necessitating the medical amputation of the right foot.
2021-02-02	New Rochelle	Ny	Samson Management Payroll Service Corp.	Heart	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was removing snow at a property. He was using the company plow truck, shovels, and a snow blower. The employee experienced shortness of breath, chest pain, and fatigue. He was later hospitalized for a heart attack.
2021-01-19	New Rochelle	Ny	Westchester Rockland Electrical Inspection Services, Inc.	Elbow(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking through a basement when he became entangled in a pull wire on the floor, causing him to fall onto the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured left elbow that required surgery.
2020-09-29	Rochelle	Il	Cliff's Pallet Rack Installation Llc	Brain	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was disassembling metal racking. A piece of racking fell and struck the employee, causing head trauma. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-08	Rochelle	Illinois	Rochelle Foods LLC	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
While walking, an employee tripped on a pallet and fell breaking his lower left leg.
2020-02-01	Rochelle	Illinois	ROCHELLE FOODS, LLC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On February 1, 2020, a maintenance employee was cleaning the roller of a bacon transfer conveyor also known as the precook bacon machine. The employee was scraping a rotating roller with a 2x4 (approximately) scraper while working inside the Ready to Eat (RTE) room. While cleaning, the scraper slipped and the employee's left index fingertip was caught and amputated between the moving roller and a metal bar. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2020-01-29	Rochelle	Illinois	Pasquesi Farms, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
An employee was moving a cart with tomatoes when two carts bumped each other, resulting in amputation of the employee's thumb tip.
2019-09-08	Rochelle	Illinois	ILLINOIS RIVER ENERGY, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was lifting a 5-gallon bucket of a fermentation enzyme named SZM XT-20+. The bucket tipped and the employee was splashed in the face and upper body by the chemical. The employee was hospitalized with decreased lung capacity due to an allergic reaction.
2019-01-21	Rochelle	Illinois	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
Two employees were troubleshooting a 750-pound dock plate that was standing vertically in the air. The plate fell onto one of the employees, breaking bones in the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-07-23	Rochelle	Illinois	Pasquesi Farms, LLC	Head, neck, and trunk	Nonclassifiable
A temporary employee was operating a powered industrial truck and went to dump garbage. After approximately 10 minutes, he was found on his back on the ground. He was hospitalized with skull, neck, and spine fractures.
2018-06-14	New Rochelle	New York	Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell about 10 feet off a ladder to the ground, breaking his heel and requiring hospitalization.
2017-09-15	Rochelle	Illinois	Tyson Foods	Leg(s)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
On September 15, 2017, an employee was pinned between a stand-up lift and a pallet lift, fracturing his left leg and requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-04	New Rochelle	New York	Sonny Orza Bakery LTD	Nonclassifiable	Nonclassifiable
An employee suffered an amputation as a result of a workplace incident.
2017-01-28	Rochelle	Illinois	ROCHELLE FOODS, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee moving meat on a conveyor amputated her left middle finger.
2016-08-28	New Rochelle	New York	Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee tripped over her own feet and fell while exiting the building injuring a hip.
2016-03-03	New Rochelle	New York	ShopRite of New Rochelle	Leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to help clean deli equipment using a chemical degreaser. The container of concentrated degreasing chemical fell, causing the chemical to spill out and contact the employee's leg. The employee suffered severe skin irritation.
2016-02-04	Rochelle	Illinois	AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC	Foot (feet)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An forklift operator struck another employee in the aisle way and injured the employee's right leg. The injury resulted in a mid-calf amputation of the right foot.
2016-01-20	Rochelle	Illinois	Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, L.L.C.	Lower leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was hospitalized after sustaining multiple fractures to the lower right leg while engaged in the un-cabling of a rail car. The employee slipped and fell while attempting to reduce the tension on the center beam ratchet.
2015-10-01	Rochelle	Texas	HJC Farms	Skull	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was hit in the head by pipe while pulling it up. The employee's skull was fractured.
2015-01-09	Rochelle	Illinois	Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing, LLC	Hand(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On or about January 9, 2015, an employee incurred a puncture wound to his left hand when he was enlarging a hole in a can with a "tapper" hand tool. The tapper, which he held in his right hand, went through the can into his left hand. The injury resulted in an infection, requiring hospitalization.