| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | South Holland | Il | Ed Miniat LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was scaling meat prior to filling in pouches on a bag former machine when their right-hand fingers were pinched in the machine, resulting in a laceration and partial amputation of the middle fingertip and a laceration of the ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-07-01 | South Holland | Illinois | Ed Miniat, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On July 1, 2020, an employee was unjamming a packaging machine and sustained a partial amputation to the right index finger when the gloved finger contacted the blades inside of the machine. | |||||
| 2020-06-15 | South Holland | Illinois | Animated Manufacturing Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On June 15, 2020, an employee was operating a punch press when his left hand entered the die area of the press. The foot pedal was then pressed, causing the machine to cycle and crush the employee's left palm and four fingers. As a result, the employee's left index finger was partially amputated. | |||||
| 2020-06-09 | South Holland | Illinois | Chicago Heights Glass, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area |
| An employee was directing a forklift. The forklift picked up a load, backed up, and ran over the employee's left foot and leg, causing fractures and severe lacerations. | |||||
| 2019-09-14 | South Holland | Illinois | RIDDIFORD ROOFING CO. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was guiding a crane as it lifted gravel onto a roof in its clamshell bucket. The employee's hand was caught and crushed in the bucket. | |||||
| 2019-09-09 | South Holland | Illinois | Niagara LaSalle Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee pushed a bar through rollers. The employee's gloved hand was then pulled into the rollers resulting in a thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2019-03-01 | South Holland | Illinois | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a customer's semi trailer. The engine was started, causing the trailer to lower onto the employee's right hand. The employee's index and middle fingers were crushed. | |||||
| 2018-08-21 | South Holland | Illinois | Industrial Plastic Recycling | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a jam on a shredding machine when his right hand was pulled into the conveyor belt, causing an amputation of his right pinky finger. He also suffered lacerations to his right ring finger, middle finger, and thumb. | |||||
| 2018-07-25 | South Holland | Illinois | Service King Collision Repair of South Holland | Leg(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a small handheld grinder to grind drain grates when the grinder lacerated the back of the employee's right leg. | |||||
| 2018-03-17 | South Holland | Illinois | Walter Lagestee Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting and photographing a running dough divider machine when the employee's left ring finger was caught and amputated in the moving parts. | |||||
| 2018-01-06 | South Holland | Illinois | CR England | Nonclassifiable | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
| An employee was stabbed by a coworker. | |||||
| 2016-02-18 | South Holland | Illinois | UPS Ground Freight | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| On February 18, 2016, an employee was checking freight material that had been loaded into trailers when a coworker hit him with a powered industrial vehicle. He sustained broken bones in his foot, as well as bruises and lacerations to both legs. | |||||
| 2016-02-02 | South Holland | Illinois | Chicago Heights Glass, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was handling glass panes when the glass shifted and fell on the employee resulting in injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2015-01-12 | South Holland | Illinois | Universal Metal Hose | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| Employee's finger got caught in a machine's drive belt resulting in an inpatient hospitalization and surgery. Temployee may lose the finger. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | South Holland | Illinois | Jewel Food Stores, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| Employee suffered a partial amputation of the thumb while working with a band saw. | |||||