Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-03-18 | Vernon Hills | Illinois | Cowell Services Inc. dba Servpro of Libertyville | Forearm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
On March 18, 2019, an employee was discarding a toilet in a dumpster. The toilet shattered and deeply lacerated the employee's right forearm. | |||||
2017-07-08 | Vernon Hills | Illinois | TruGreen, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
On Saturday, July 8, 2017, at approximately 10:15 a.m., an employee had just strapped down lawncare equipment to a flatbed trailer. As he made his way off the trailer, he tripped over one of the straps he had just tightened down. He fell over the side, striking the ground and an adjacent concrete curb. He fractured his right tibia and fibula. | |||||
2015-08-18 | Vernon Hills | Illinois | U.S. Postal Service | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was distributing mail from a pallet to mail routes. He tripped over plastic wrapping and struck his head on a desk, suffering a laceration and head trauma and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2015-03-14 | Vernon Hills | Illinois | Roundy's Supermarket , Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
On March 14, 2015, a meat clerk's right index fingertip was amputated while reaching into a patty-maker to clear meat. |