| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-27 | Wood Dale | Illinois | Jewel Food Store # 3341 | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was using a meat-cutting saw and amputated her left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-02-08 | Wood Dale | Illinois | Clayton Metals, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a slitter machine's tension roll as part of setup operations when the machine was jogged. The roll pinched the employee's left hand, crushing/breaking fingers and amputating a finger. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Wood Dale | Illinois | C. Cretors & Co. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On August 29, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. an employee was working with two other employees testing a salter machine that is a component of a newly manufactured popcorn machine. Salt was added to the salter machine and the machine was running to produce salted popcorn. At some point, salt accumulated in the machine. The injured employee visually detected the salt accumulation and attempted to clear the salt by hand. Subsequently, his right hand was caught between the rotating horizontal screw auger and ad | |||||
| 2016-06-07 | Wood Dale | Illinois | ComEd | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| On or about June 7, 2016, two employees were repairing an underground service. They were cutting and prepping a cable when an arc flash occurred, burning their faces and arms. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Wood Dale | Illinois | Opto International, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On February 29, 2016, 2nd shift (2:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) the injured employee was performing his regular job duties to assemble wooden crates with a pneumatic staple gun, nail gun, and other hand tools. At approximately at 6:40 p.m., the injured employee was adjusting his position to assemble the bottom of the crate that was enclosing a part placed on the pallet on the floor. The injured employee moved around the crate to position his body and inadvertently pressed or had something else press th | |||||
| 2015-11-13 | Wood Dale | Illinois | Twinplex Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Nonclassifiable |
| Two of an employee's fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-11 | Wood Dale | Illinois | TEMPCO ELECTRIC HEATER CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was rolling a metal piece on an Arcotech rolling machine and got his right ring finger caught between the piece of metal and the roller. The employee's right ring finger was crushed resulting in an amputation. | |||||