Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-22 | Sycamore | Il | Ideal Industries, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
At 9:30 a.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift at a loading dock. The face of the forklift pinned her left leg and foot against a guardrail in front of a charging station, breaking bones in the lower leg. | |||||
2020-09-17 | Sycamore | Pa | Ciferno Well Services | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee slipped and fell to the ground while exiting a water truck via the ladder. The employee was hospitalized for a foot/ankle injury. | |||||
2020-04-27 | Sycamore | Illinois | Menard, Inc | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was stocking merchandise from a step ladder or a rolling staircase when he missed a step and fell to the floor, injuring his left hip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-07-03 | Sycamore | Pennsylvania | Hoffman Construction Services LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was changing the elevated blade on a bulldozer when the blade slipped, resulting in a full left middle finger amputation. | |||||
2016-06-23 | Sycamore | Alabama | Ameribolt, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee removed a forged bolt and tossed it in a nearby keg. The bolt hit the rim of the keg, bounced back, and slid down between the employee's jeans and aluminized PPE pants. She suffered a third-degree burn on top of her left ankle. | |||||
2015-11-24 | Sycamore | Alabama | AmeriBolt, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was changing a tool inside of a forging press and pinched a finger between the tool and the mold flange. The right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss. |