Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-05-23 | Roscoe | South Dakota | Agtegra Cooperative | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was having his tractor filled with dry fertilizer. He was on the front section of the tractor's hopper box, about to perform a density check on the fertilizer, when he slipped. A sharp object on the tractor caused a degloving injury to the inside of his right index, middle, and ring fingers. | |||||
2020-01-19 | Roscoe | Illinois | American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC | Face | Struck against object or equipment |
An employee was replacing a sawblade. While he was bringing the saw cylinder back to home position, the cylinder framework lacerated his head near the left eye. The machine was guarded at the time. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Roscoe | Illinois | American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was installing a piece of sheet metal on a roof when he fell through the 4-foot by 4-foot hole for it. He landed on the concrete floor, suffering two broken ribs and injuries to both legs. | |||||
2019-05-05 | Roscoe | Texas | MOR Drilling LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was connecting elevators to pipe. He slipped on the wet muddy floor and while trying to catch himself, his right ring finger was caught between elevators and a tool joint at the moment when the driller was going to pick up the elevators. His finger was smashed and partially amputated. | |||||
2018-07-26 | Roscoe | Illinois | AMERICAN ALUMINUM EXTRUSION | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was using a hammer drill to drill a hole in a concrete floor when he struck a 480-volt electrical line. He suffered burns and bodily injuries in the resulting blast. | |||||
2018-05-16 | Roscoe | Illinois | Distinctive Roofing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was exiting the roof and stepped onto a tied off ladder. The ladder shifted and the employee fell 20 feet, sustaining two fractured ribs, a fractured collarbone, and a head laceration that required stitches. | |||||
2017-07-25 | Roscoe | Illinois | American Aluminum Extrusion Company, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On July 25, 2017, an employee was operating a CNC machine when the employee suffered dizziness, fatigue, and a fear of blacking out due to dehydration. | |||||
2017-03-30 | Roscoe | Illinois | American Aluminum Extrusion Co., LLC | Wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
On March 30, 2017, an employee was pulling an aluminum extrusion on the table when the table jogged and injured his left wrist. He was hospitalized following complications to the wrist injury. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Roscoe | New York | Nikos Auto Repair LLC | Head and neck | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee started a car that was in storage for a long period of time and was observing it running under the hood when the engine backfired through the carburetor, creating a flame that burned the employee. The employee suffered a first degree burn to the face and second degree burn to the neck. |