| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-01 | South Elgin | Il | Transamerican Auto Parts | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was winding a winch line onto a winch drum. The line termination hardware pulled the employee's left hand into the guide rollers, causing an amputation to the index fingertip. | |||||
| 2019-01-24 | South Elgin | Illinois | HOFFER PLASTICS CORP | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At 11:45 a.m., on January 24, 2019, two employees were inspecting the feed throat of the barrel in an injection molding machine that was having a material flow issue. The screw was retracted and overheated degraded nylon was forced out through the screw feed throat, burning one of the employees on the hands and face. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | South Elgin | Illinois | Custom Aluminum Products, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| A temporary employee was running normal production operations on a stamping press. The employee hand-fed extruded aluminum pieces into the point-of-operation with actuation controlled by two-hand controls located at shoulder height. The employee cycled the press, and once the cycle completed he removed the punched part. Subsequently, he put new blank into the point-of-operation and at that time, without manual actuation, the ram drifted from its top-stop and came down while both of his hands wer | |||||