Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-30 | Romeoville | Il | Hearthside Food Solutions | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was troubleshooting a machine. A pulley on the machine amputated the employee's right ring finger and part of the employee's right little fingertip. | |||||
2021-09-10 | Romeoville | Il | BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
On September 10, 2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the injured employee was standing in between their powered industrial truck and a pallet of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high. A second employee was traveling through the aisle, pushing three pallets of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high and struck the injured employee's pallet. The pallet struck the injured employee and pinned their left foot between it and the PIV platform and their abdomen against the goods on the pallet and the PI | |||||
2021-07-31 | Romeoville | Il | MVP PLUMBING CORP. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
On July 31, 2021, at 11:30 a.m., an employee was cutting a piece of concrete pipe with a portable cut-off saw when the saw got bound after the pipe pinched it. The employee lost his grip and the saw flipped over and bounced up to the left side of his neck, resulting in a laceration. | |||||
2020-10-15 | Romeoville | Il | Equipment Depot | Leg(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
On October 15, 2020, at approximately 7:30 a.m., a field service technician had just loaded a drive unit into a van using a forklift. The employee exited the forklift to straighten the unit in the van. The forklift rolled forward and pinned the employee between the bumper of the van and the carriage of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized for broken bones in the right leg. | |||||
2020-03-04 | Romeoville | Illinois | RTC Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a kick shear and amputated their left index and middle fingers. | |||||
2020-02-20 | Romeoville | Illinois | Mattress Firm | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On 2/20/2020, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was bagging a mattress using a bag sealer when the bag sealer amputated a finger on the employee's left hand. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Romeoville | Illinois | Pacific Architects and Engineers, LLC | Heel(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee driving an electric pallet jack collided with another employee driving a forklift. The pallet jack driver sustained injury to the left heel. | |||||
2019-07-25 | Romeoville | Illinois | 1ST LEADING CARGO | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On July 25, 2019, an employee was opening a dock door and preparing to load a truck when the employee's left ring finger was crushed between the dock plate and truck, resulting in an amputation to the finger. | |||||
2019-03-28 | Romeoville | Illinois | Mat Holdings Inc. | Ankle(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when his leg was caught between the jack and the racking system. His ankle was broken. | |||||
2018-02-23 | Romeoville | Illinois | Kehe Distributors, LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was struck by a forklift in the breakdown area injuring both lower legs and a left toe. | |||||
2018-02-02 | Romeoville | Illinois | Greencore USA, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate |
An employee was walking through a doorway when the employee's smock got caught on the door handle. While trying to free the smock the door closed onto the employee's hand resulting in an amputation injury. | |||||
2017-09-26 | Romeoville | Illinois | Pactiv, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a standup PIV and collided with a stationary standup PIV. The employee sustained three broken toes and a laceration to the left foot. | |||||
2017-06-22 | Romeoville | Illinois | Amazon Fullfillment | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
An employee had been lifting boxes and placing them into a cart for 5 hours when she strained her back, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-03-16 | Romeoville | Illinois | BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC. | Foot (feet) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee suffered a foot injury requiring hospitalization when his foot was caught between the forklift and an angle iron secured to the floor while dismounting a moving forklift. | |||||
2017-02-04 | Romeoville | Illinois | Roehl Transport, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his truck when he slipped on ice and fell breaking the right wrist. | |||||
2016-10-11 | Romeoville | Illinois | NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
An employee was injured in a natural gas explosion. | |||||
2016-10-11 | Romeoville | Illinois | NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY | Nonclassifiable | Explosion |
An employee was responding to an emergency gas leak when an explosion occurred nearby. The employee suffered multiple injuries, including bone fractures. | |||||
2016-05-05 | Romeoville | Illinois | MAT Holdings, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee suffered a broken knee when helping another employee lift a pallet. Pallets underneath the pallet that was being lifted shifted and fell onto the employee pinning the employee to the ground. | |||||
2016-04-14 | Romeoville | Illinois | Midwest Air Technologies, Inc | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle when she lost balance and grabbed onto the throttle. When she grabbed the throttle, she drove into a wall, smashing her leg between a rack and the vehicle. She suffered a large laceration that required surgery. | |||||
2016-03-26 | Romeoville | Illinois | Rotadyne Roll Group | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was changing sandpaper on a buffer machine when his hand slipped and was cut by the machine. He was hospitalized and received stitches. | |||||
2016-02-15 | Romeoville | Illinois | Aryzta, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was operating a pepperoni slicer and amputated his finger and severely lacerated several other fingers while attempting to remove food from the machine. | |||||
2016-02-09 | Romeoville | Illinois | J B Hunt | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was working on a truck trailer when the truck shifted, causing the employee to fall to the ground and fracture his shoulder. He was hospitalized overnight for surgery. | |||||
2015-09-22 | Romeoville | Illinois | Exel, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee received a severe foot injury when two fork lifts collided. The employee taken to the hospital for treatment. | |||||
2015-07-12 | Romeoville | Illinois | Aryzta | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was repairing equipment in the waste water treatment room. The employee had to go up and down stairs fifteen times to drain water from equipment. The waste water treatment room is very warm. The employee was sweating a lot and vomiting. | |||||
2015-06-10 | Romeoville | Illinois | Hellermann Tyton | Nonclassifiable | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was injured when she tripped over a plastic band and fell to the floor. |