DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-08-30DecaturIlArcher-Daniels-Midland CompanyFingertip(s)Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
On August 30, 2021, an employee was opening the door to a pallet magazine while operating a forklift. As the employee backed up the forklift, the employee's fingers were pinched between its frame and the magazine door. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2021-04-11ProvidenceRiU.S. POSTAL SERVICEHip(s)Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was sorting non-machinable mail into dispatch cages when she tripped on a bundle of magazines that had fallen to the floor. The employee fell to the ground and suffered a left hip bone fracture.
2020-09-22QuincyIlADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc.Leg(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On September 22, 2020, an employee was troubleshooting a problem with the tub conveyor on the tub press packing line. The employee entered the automated machine and stepped up onto the magazine between the tub feeder and the conveyor. The employee's foot slipped into the void between the tub feeder and conveyor and the tub feeder activated, pinching the employee's leg. The employee was admitted to the hospital for a broken left leg and muscular damage.
2019-04-15Corpus ChristiTexasAmerican News Company LLCKnee(s)Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was moving totes full of magazines out of his truck. The tool he was using got stuck and flung him forward; his knee struck the floor and was injured.
2019-01-16ParisIllinoisNorth American LightingFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was attempting to clear a jam at an LED attachment machine when the employee's right fourth finger was pinched between the LED tube feed magazine and the horizontal stationary guide, resulting in an amputation to the distal end of the finger (no bone loss).
2017-08-15IdabelOklahomaSetco Solid TireFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was repositioning a pallet that was misaligned on a batch-off pallet magazine. When he raised the pallet, his left thumb tip was caught and crushed between the pallet and pallet magazine frame, removing flesh and the nail.