| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-17 | Skokie | Il | Golan's Moving & Storage, Inc. | Hand(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on a ladder, arranging packing material on a top metal shelf. He fell to the ground 6 feet below and suffered a broken hand, rib pain, and an injury to the face resulting in bleeding. | |||||
| 2020-09-29 | Skokie | Il | American Lourver/ Plasticade | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee's fingertip was amputated after being caught in a pinch point. | |||||
| 2020-08-29 | Skokie | Il | American Louver Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a punch press. The press cycled and caught the employee's left ring finger, causing a partial amputation above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-07-18 | Skokie | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was delivering mail in an apartment complex when she slipped and fell on a wet floor. The employee sustained a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2019-03-11 | Skokie | Illinois | Wendy's Store 724 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| While refilling a condiment station in a dining room, an employee slipped and fell, breaking his hip. | |||||
| 2019-02-26 | Skokie | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A letter carrier was delivering mail when he slipped on ice and fell, breaking his left ankle. | |||||
| 2018-09-13 | Skokie | Illinois | Rogers Behavioral Health | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell on a wet floor, breaking her wrist and knee. She was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-06-21 | Skokie | Illinois | Castwell Products, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee was putting a finished mold (45-48 lbs.) onto a storage rack when he suffered a back injury. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Skokie | Illinois | Elettric 80 Inc | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| Employees were removing a gearbox from the frame of a laser-guided truck. After removing the last two bolts holding the gearbox to the frame, the gearbox fell and struck the employees' feet. Both employees suffered five broken toes. | |||||
| 2017-02-17 | Skokie | Illinois | Castwell Products, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was sweeping on the furnace deck when he fell backward into a pit that was 12 feet deep, injuring his back and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-02-03 | Skokie | Illinois | Addus Healthcare, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
| An employee was struck by a car while crossing the street, suffering multiple fractures and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-09-10 | Skokie | Illinois | Castwell Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee suffered a partial amputation of the right thumb when his finger was caught between a metal table frame and a metal box that was raised by a forklift to be moved. | |||||
| 2016-04-30 | Skokie | Illinois | GCA EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRAL STATES, INC. | Brain | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was performing maintenance to a street light in a parking lot. The employee was cranking down on a come-along with a steel cable. The connector between the cable and the lamp broke causing the lamp to swing and strike the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-11 | Skokie | Illinois | R & L CARRIERS SHARED SERVICES LLC | Brain | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking around his truck in the parking lot of a customer's facility during a freight pickup when he slipped on ice and struck his head on the concrete, suffering bleeding in the brain. | |||||
| 2015-11-24 | Skokie | Illinois | Sievert Electric Service & Sales Company | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was assisting in moving a monorail frame steel structure by rigging the frame to a winch and roust about. The steel cable carrying a 1,800 pound steel beam snapped and the steel beam fell to the floor, bounced, and struck the employee on the upper left leg and breaking the femur bone. | |||||
| 2015-09-14 | Skokie | Illinois | Walsh Construction II, LLC. | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| A carpenter employee received multiple fractures to his leg when he was struck by and pinned by a section of concrete form. The employee was climbing down from the top of a stack of concrete forms when he stepped on an L bracket on one of the forms causing the form to move and strike the employee. | |||||
| 2015-08-19 | Skokie | Illinois | Castwell Products, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was grinding a chisel. When he placed the chisel on the work blade, the grinding wheel caught the chisel through the work rest and pulled his left thumb into the grinding wheel. His left thumb was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2015-06-16 | Skokie | Illinois | BBJ RENTALS, INC. DBA BBJ LINEN | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee sustained an amputation of three fingers to his left hand while working on a commercial ironing machine. | |||||
| 2015-01-08 | Skokie | Illinois | Castwell Products, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| Employee was troubleshooting a monorail lift station. A pneumatic hoist rail on a cylinder was lowered to troubleshoot the equipment. It caught the tip of the employee's boot, fracturing two toes on the right foot. | |||||