Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-12	Mount Sterling	Il	DOT FOODS, INC	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was standing in a warehouse next to a pallet, waiting for someone to get a pallet of product for him. A forklift struck the employee and crushed his leg.
2021-10-13	Mount Sterling	Oh	Stephens Pipe and Steel, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On October 13, 2021, an employee was operating a wire draw machine. During the drawing operation, the employee was adding lubrication powder to the die area of the machine when the glove on their right hand was caught and pulled into the rotating spindle. The pinch point where the wire wrapped around the spindle caused a partial amputation of the employee's third digit and a severe laceration to the fourth.
2021-10-03	Sterling	Il	STERLING STEEL CO.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment
On October 3, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., an employee was struck by a moving steel billet, resulting in a lower left leg fracture.
2021-08-30	Mount Sterling	Il	Global Metal Construction d.o.o.	Leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On August 30, 2021, an employee was unpacking and redistributing assembly materials. He used a scalpel to cut the banding on a bundle of vertically placed steel L-profiles. The L-profiles then fell over and onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both legs.
2021-05-24	Mount Sterling	Oh	Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was standing on the platform at the galvanizer machine holding onto the metal hand rail and observing the moving shovel/ladle for cleaning the galvanizer. The shovel/ladle struck the middle divider of the holding tank causing the shovel/ladle to move up and down roughly. As a result the employee's hand was struck-by the handle of the shovel/ladle and their fingertip was caught between the metal hand rail and the metal handle and amputated.
2021-04-08	Sterling	Il	Wahl Clipper Corporation	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a stepladder by a press, clearing a jam from a conveyor. A robotic arm knocked him from the stepladder to the ground. He struck his head and suffered a broken wrist.
2021-03-27	Mount Sterling	Il	DOT FOODS, INC	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating an enclosed pallet jack and stopped to scan a pallet. As the employee reached out to scan the pallet, the cord of the scanner hit the throttle of the pallet jack. The pallet jack lunged forward and pinched the employee's right leg against a doorway protection pole resulting in a lower leg fracture.
2021-01-21	Sterling	Co	TRINIDAD BENHAM CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a poly packaging machine when the machine jammed. The employee was unclogging the jam when the machine cycled and the jaws closed. His hand contacted the serrated blade and caused the amputation of the pad on his left thumb.
2020-09-24	Mount Sterling	Oh	Nutrien Ag Solutions	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was loading liquid fertilizer from the safety rack onto a tank that was on the trailer of a truck. The truck moved and pinched the employee's leg between the safety rack and the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with two broken bones in the right leg, located 14 inches above the ankle.
2020-07-24	Sterling	Colorado	Villalobos Concrete, Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was placing rubber mats on the ground to protect the concrete from the metal tracks on the curb machine. His right leg was caught and run over by the curb machine. The employee sustained an abrasion to the foot, dislocated toes, and swelling. He also required leg surgery.
2020-06-08	Sterling City	Texas	Blattner Energy	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was sitting in a buggy entering measurement data for drilling, when he started feeling ill. He was hospitalized with heat stroke.
2020-04-20	Mount Sterling	Ohio	Wincup Holdings Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was operating the extruder for polystyrene rolls when a roll snapped. He was feeding the sheet through the rubber rollers that control the tension on the roll when the rolls grabbed his fingers, injuring his right middle and ring fingertips.
2020-04-20	Sterling	Illinois	Wahl Clipper Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A maintenance employee was helping move a die that was sitting on a pallet. The die tilted and pinched the employee's right little finger against another die causing a cut that required surgery and hospitalization.
2020-04-05	Sterling City	Texas	Cogent Midstream	Multiple body parts	Fire
An employee was troubleshooting the dehydration unit at the compressor station when he sustained burns to the hand and face from a fire. He was hospitalized.
2020-03-16	Sterling	Illinois	MALLARD HANDLING SOLUTIONS, LLC	Leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was carrying a conveyor part to a pallet and fell on the floor. The conveyor part landed on the employee's leg and broke it.
2019-08-27	Sterling	Alaska	National Interagency Coordination Center	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
An employee was providing medical surveillance to responding wildland firefighters when the employee was stung by a bee and suffered a severe allergic reaction. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-12	Sterling	Illinois	Cimco Recycling Sterling, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck by a forklift in a warehouse and sustained multiple fractures.
2019-07-10	Mount Sterling	Illinois	DOT FOODS, INC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was putting product away in a warehouse. While walking backwards he struck a stack of pallets, fell and sustained a broken ankle.
2019-02-23	Sterling	Illinois	Sterling Steel Company, LLC	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee walking in the parking lot slipped on ice and fell breaking his ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2019-02-22	Sterling City	Texas	HJC Farms, Inc,	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was operating a bucket truck picking up road signs along the side of the road at the end of the day. The employee was on the back of the truck strapping down the signs. When he stood up, he struck his head on the bottom of the bucket, lost his balance, and fell approximately four feet off the side of the truck to the ground breaking the lower left leg.
2019-02-11	Mount Sterling	Illinois	Dot Foods, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
An employee took a sweeper outside because the sweeper had caught on fire. Maintenance came outside with a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. The extinguisher chemicals flew into the employee's face and the employee swallowed some of it. The employee was hospitalized with difficulty breathing.
2019-02-01	Sterling	Massachusett	GENERAL MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was performing maintenance on a roof top unit and was either ascending or descending the roof hatch ladder when he lost his footing and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained broken eye sockets, a concussion, a fractured knee and internal bleeding.
2018-07-14	Sterling	Illinois	MALLARD HANDLING SOLUTIONS, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on a press brake when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The employee's right thumb was then caught between the machine and a part, requiring surgical amputation.
2018-07-06	Mount Sterling	Illinois	Prairieland FS Inc	Ankle(s)	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
On July 6, 2018, an employee was stepping off of a sprayer that was being refueled when the employee stumbled and rolled an ankle. The employee's ankle fractured and required hospitalization.
2018-05-14	Sterling	Illinois	MALLARD HANDLING SOLUTIONS, LLC	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a piece of plastic in a warehouse and fell to the floor, sustaining a broken hip.
2018-04-13	Sterling	Colorado	Simon Contractors	Fingertip(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
On 4/02/2018, employees were replacing a pin in the chain for a slat conveyor. The sledge hammer used to pound the pin into the chain missed the pin and struck the left pinky finger of the employee who was holding the pin. The employee's fingertip had to be later amputated.
2018-02-16	Sterling	Colorado	NICHOLS TILLAGE TOOLS, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
During a forging operation, an employee had their left index finger amputated while using a punch press.
2018-02-15	Sterling	Illinois	Thompson Truck & Trailer, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's right small fingertip was caught between the tire rim and axle housing resulting in a partial amputation/open fracture to the distal phalanx.
2017-10-17	Sterling City	Texas	Tessco Energy Services, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was standing and supervising the take-down of a pole and lines when the pole cracked, broke in half, and fell toward the employee. The employee avoided being struck by the pole but fell to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a collapsed lung.
2017-10-09	Sterling City	Texas	Blattner Energy, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee tripped while removing a peg line and rolled the left ankle, breaking it.
2017-08-17	Sterlington	Louisiana	Turner Industries Group	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The injured employee moved a super sack of product to the crystallizer area by forklift. The sack is lifted by a hoist over the hopper of the slurry machine and the bottom of the super sack is cut. The employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of sack that fell into the operating hopper when his left hand became caught in the hopper, injuring his middle and ring fingers.
2017-07-17	Sterling	Illinois	Menards	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a forklift tire and fell backwards into another forklift tire, hitting his back.
2017-05-25	Sterling City	Texas	Robinson Drilling of Texas LTD	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee became dehydrated while working on a rig and doghouse, requiring hospitalization.
2017-03-21	Sterling City	Texas	Permian Services Co. LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was nippling up a blowout preventer when the cable holding a flange broke and the flange fell onto the employee's left hand, amputating the left index finger distal phalanges.
2016-08-31	Sterling	Illinois	Micron Industries Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to electricity
An employee suffered an electrical shock from a transformer test unit.
2016-07-11	Sterling	Illinois	Wahl Clipper Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
While he was attempting to clear a jam, an employee's hand slipped into the pneumatic valve, resulting in a fractured thumb.
2016-06-22	Sterling	Illinois	P & P Industries, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was retrieving a mold from a racking system when the employee tripped over the support to an upright on the vacuum tube. The employee fell while holding the mold. Upon hitting the ground, the mold smashed the employee's right-hand index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2016-02-09	Sterling	Illinois	WAL-MART STORES, INC.	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
While moving a wooden pallet, an employee received a wooden splinter to the left palm.
2016-02-03	Sterling	Illinois	WAHL CLIPPER CORP.	Pelvis	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee was loading a semi trailer with product using a pallet rider. She got pinned between the pallet rider and the wall of the semi resulting in a fractured pelvis.
2016-01-13	Sterling	Colorado	STERLING ETHANOL	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
A maintenance employee was unplugging a process condensate drain line. When the plug came loose, 200-degree water shot out and caused 2nd degree burns on the employee's chest, neck, and arm. He was hospitalized.
2015-12-11	Sterling	Illinois	WAHL CLIPPER	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working on a machine and smashed three fingers inside the machine resulting in the amputation of the left ring fingertip.
2015-12-07	Mount Sterling	Ohio	Stephens Pipe & Steel, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell approximately five feet from a shelf while retrieving a motor. The employee fractured his right wrist and his right hip and was hospitalized.
2015-10-22	Sterling	Illinois	CGH MEDICAL CENTER	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On October 22, 2015, an employee tripped and fell over the plug and cord to a Xenex robot after plugging it in. The employee fractured a hip and elbow.
2015-08-31	Sterling	Colorado	Wells Fargo	Hip(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was hospitalized with a broken hip after falling to the floor at work on August 31, 2015. The injured employee required surgery.
2015-06-18	Sterling City	Texas	Chevron	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
One employee from Chevron and two employees from Exterran were putting compressors back on line when a rupture on the discharge line occurred. The Chevron employee was taken to the hospital to removed debris from his left leg and released. One Exterran employee was not injured and the other employee received a scratch above eye requiring first aid only.
2015-06-13	Mount Sterling	Ohio	Showa Aluminum Corp of America	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee checking an electrical panel came into contact with a live wire and was electrocuted.
2015-06-09	Sterling	Illinois	MALLARD MANUFACTURING CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On 6/9/15, an employee received finger amputations to both hands while operating a crimp machine in set up mode.
2015-06-09	Sterling City	Texas	Permian Services Company	Multiple face locations	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was loading a well with hot oil. The employee had turned valves off and started to fill the well. The pressure in the tank filled due to the hot oil. The pressure release valve released flammable vapors and/or gases. The flammable vapors and/or gases ignited, burning the employee's face (cheeks and ears). The employee was wearing flame resistant clothing, a hard hat, and safety glasses at the time.
2015-05-30	Mount Sterling	Ohio	Keihin Thermal Technology of America	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee suffered an amputation to the right-hand index finger and an injury to the left-hand middle finger when a light curtain failed to protect the point of operation from a press in the manufacturing operation.
2015-05-18	Sterling	Illinois	WAL-MART DISTRIBUTION CENTER 7024	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On 5/18/15, an employee was hospitalized after suffering a laceration to the left hand. The employee was conducting maintenance activities on a pallet conveyor.
2015-05-12	Sterling	Illinois	STERLING STEEL CO.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
On or about May 12, 2015, an employee was operating a skid steer vehicle and had his right foot resting on the edge of the operator cab. His foot slipped off and was caught in the pinch point between the bucket assembly and the cab. He fractured his foot and ankle and was hospitalized.
2015-03-25	Sterling	Colorado	Sterling Component Systems	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
An employee was injured when his left leg got caught between the truss press and the table. The employee sustained a left leg amputation from the knee down.
2015-01-24	Sterling	Massachusett	U.S. Postal Service	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
A letter carrier fell on an icy driveway at a customer's residence resulting in a broken left ankle that required an in-patient hospitalization and surgical procedure.
2015-01-04	Sterling	Illinois	Sterling Steel Company, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was hospitalized following injuries sustained while traveling by foot to the locker room. The employee was between the belt shop and the locker room crossing railroad tracks that had recently been covered with snow. The employee either slipped or tripped and experienced three breaks to the ankle and tibia.