Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-05-11 | Saint Elmo | Il | Conagra Brands | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
On 5/11/21, four filler operators were performing a changeover on the filler. The injured operator entered the filler to change chucks using portable steps with a handrail. Another operator was walking up and down the steps handing parts for the changeover. When the injured operator exited the filler using the seal of the door and stepped forward onto the portable steps, the steps slid causing the injured operator to fall back next to the filler. The injured operator hit their head on the filler | |||||
2015-07-30 | Saint Elmo | Illinois | PAR Electrical Contractors, INC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
Two employees were injured and hospitalized after the dead 69000 volt line they were installing came into contact with a lower 12000 volt live line. | |||||
2015-02-11 | Saint Elmo | Illinois | Pioneer Oil Field Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Entangled in other object or equipment |
On 2/11/15, a Pioneer Oil Field Services Rig Hand working at Petco/Louden Field amputated the first digit (approximately the length of his fingernail) of his right ring finger. The amputation occurred when a landing joint connector being pulled by a chain became tight and wrapped around said employee's finger who was holding/guiding the chain at the time of incident. |