| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-30 | Rock Island | Il | Miller Container Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing scrap from the press outfeed roller conveyor and contacted the chain and sprocket resulting in a partial amputation of the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2020-08-07 | Rock Island | Il | HILL & VALLEY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 7, 2020, an employee was pulling on a pie tin that was caught under a kick-off arm. The employee's left middle finger was pinched between the kick-off arm and the pie plate, and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-03-30 | Rock Island | Illinois | Miller Container Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a corrugator machine. As the employee was adjusting a glue machine, the glue machine's chain and sprocket caused an amputation to the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2019-08-14 | Rock Island | Illinois | HILL & VALLEY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was wiping down a pastry press with a paper towel. The press pinched the employee's finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Rock Island | Illinois | Economy Roofing & Insulating Co. | Pelvis | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee on a commercial roofing job was gluing an adhered membrane when he stepped backwards and fell approximately 20 feet through an unguarded skylight opening in the roof. He fractured his pelvis. | |||||
| 2017-08-24 | Rock Island | Illinois | LME, Inc. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface |
| An employee was walking down a loading dock when he tripped over a fixed object on the floor. He fell and fractured his right shoulder, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2017-06-01 | Rock Island | Illinois | HILL & VALLEY, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working at a pie machine when the machine bar came down and pinched the employee's right pinky finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | Rock Island | Illinois | Hy-Vee | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding imitation crab in a meat tenderizer when her fingers were caught in the equipment rollers, crushing them and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-27 | Rock Island | Illinois | DEPARTMENT OF ARMY, ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee of another unit was moving bar stock with a forklift when it became stuck as he went through a doorway. The injured employee was helping to move the bar stock and when the forklift lowered, the bar stock fell onto the injured employee's hand amputating his middle finger. | |||||
| 2015-12-21 | Rock Island | Illinois | Depratment of the Army Rock Island Arsenal - JointManufacturing & Technology Center | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| The employee working as a machinist in Building 211 received a metal sliver in his right index finger on December 21, 2015, that he removed. The employee was later admitted into the hospital. | |||||
| 2015-10-05 | Rock Island | Illinois | Iowa Mutual Insurance Company | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was hospitalized after falling from the roof of a one-story building while inspecting for hail damage. He hit his head on the pavement below and suffered bleeding on the brain. | |||||
| 2015-09-15 | Rock Island | Texas | ABC Professional Trees Services | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a chainsaw to cut brush along a utility right of way when the chainsaw kicked back and injured the palm of his left hand. | |||||
| 2015-07-01 | Rock Island | Illinois | Rock Island Integrated Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle |
| An employee suffered a fracture in his back when the mower he was operating slid down the slope on the east side of Building 157. | |||||
| 2015-04-15 | Rock Island | Illinois | Con-way Freight | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to help a PIV operator move a crate when his finger got caught between the crate and the PIV forks. | |||||
| 2015-01-22 | Rock Island | Illinois | ROCK ISLAND INTERGRATED SERVICES | Fingertip(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| While in the process of moving a floor grating, an employee suffered an amputation of the tip of the left middle finger. | |||||