Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-07-07 | Watseka | Illinois | Lyon LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a press brake when it cycled and amputated four fingers on their left hand. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Watseka | Illinois | Iriquois Paving Corporation | Wrist(s) | Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode |
An employee was relocating traffic control signs when a gust of wind blew the sign the employee was holding causing injury to the left wrist. | |||||
2019-06-26 | Watseka | Illinois | Tate & Lyle Grain, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was clearing product from the bottom of a load-out hopper. The product was not flowing correctly from the hopper, so the employee tried to remove any obstructions. The electrically driven slide gate valve then closed on and crushed the employee's right forearm, fracturing it. | |||||
2017-03-20 | Watseka | Illinois | LYON, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was deburring a piece of steel on a belt sander when the metal flipped up and caught/amputated his right thumb tip between it and the belt. | |||||
2017-03-06 | Watseka | Illinois | LYON, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
On March 6, 2017, an employee was setting up a press and amputated part of the left index finger. | |||||
2015-06-29 | Watseka | Illinois | Crothall Laundry Services Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was hospitalized with a punctured lung after a cart of healthcare linens rolled off a mechanical trailer lift. |