Elk Grove (incl. Laguna) California – Machine Injury & Accidents

Elk Grove, California is a city located in Sacramento County, California. It has a population of over 180,000 and is the fifth largest city in California. As of 2010, Elk Grove had the tenth highest rate of machinery accidents in the US. This is likely due to its higher concentration of industrial and commercial businesses. If you are injured in an accident caused by machinery in Elk Grove, California, you may be entitled to compensation. Contact an experienced injury attorney that can help you get the money you need to rebuild your life.

Manufacturing Companies

There are many manufacturing companies located in Elk Grove (incl. Laguna) California. Some of these companies include:

Berber Food Manufacturing Inc.
Universal Custom Display
GNB Corporation
Elk Grove Milling, Inc.
Champion Installs, Inc.
Glacier Valley Ice Company LP
Pacific Modern Homes, Inc.

Hanford Ready-Mix, Inc.
Hanford Sand & Gravel, Inc.
Feist Cabinets & Woodworks, Inc.
Integrated Comfort Solutions, Inc.
Acuity Technical Solutions Inc.
Rainbow Company, LLC
Boss Time Management Systems, Inc.

These companies produce a variety of products, ranging from tools and equipment to parts and components for larger machines. Many of these companies have been in business for decades, and have a long history of producing quality products.

Machinery Accidents

There have been a number of machinery accidents in Elk Grove (incl. Laguna) California over the years. Some of these have been fatal, while others have resulted in serious injuries. If you or a loved one has been hurt in a machinery accident in Elk Grove, contact an experienced California machinery accident lawyer as soon as possible.

Here are some of the most notable reports:

AccidentDate	Employer	City	State	Description	Injury	Body Part	Event	Injury Source	Other Injury Source
21/10/2021	Arrow Home Products Company	Elk Grove Village	Il	Two fork trucks collided at the corner of an intersection. An employee suffered a broken foot that required hospitalization.	Fractures	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
08/10/2021	Miracapo Pizza Company LLC dba LIttle Lady Foods	Elk Grove Village	Il	An employee was working on a pizza packaging line. The employee adjusted the side rail of the line and his ring finger got caught in the drive chain, resulting in an amputation of the distal end of the finger.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
16/09/2021	Arrow Home Products	Elk Grove Village	Il	On September 16, 2021, an employee was operating a plastic trimmer when it lacerated his right hand. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery for tendon repair.	Cuts, lacerations	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery
09/08/2021	Ultra Specialties, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Il	An employee was cutting parts on a horizontal band saw when it amputated three fingers on his right hand. He was hospitalized.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Band saws
31/07/2021	United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service	Elk City	Id	An employee was working the suppression operation lines while fighting a wildfire on rugged terrain when they experienced possible heat stress and dehydration and lost consciousness.	Multiple effects of heat and light	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat	Heat-environmental
30/07/2021	HMF EXPRESS	Elk Grove Village	Il	On July 30, 2021, at approximately 12:35 p.m., an employee was working at a 90-ton hydraulic brake press to bend door parts. The press cycled and the employee's left forearm and right hand were caught in the pinch point between both dies. The employee's left forearm was crushed and his right palm was fractured. He was hospitalized for surgery.	Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Brake presses
12/07/2021	R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company	Elk Grove Village	Il	An employee was using a tool to clear a jam in the rotary cutter machine when the door on the machine closed on his left thumb resulting in a loss of flesh on the front of the thumb without bone loss.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Special process machinery
02/07/2021	US Packaging LLC	Elkhorn	Wi	An employee was unloading product from a truck using a forklift. While stacking the product, one of the pallets fell. The employee got out of the forklift and started picking up the fallen product. When the first pallet fell it struck another stack of pallets, causing them to be unstable. The stack fell onto the employee causing multiple femur fractures.	Fractures	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Skids, pallets
14/06/2021	Imms Industrial Coatings, Inc.	Elkmont	Al	An employee was carrying materials across a roof. The employee slipped and fell through the roof to a catwalk 10 feet below, striking a valve wheel and the catwalk grating. The employee suffered fractures to the ribs and back, as well as a cut and bruises on the face.	Fractures	Multiple trunk locations	Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet	Roofs	Catwalks
18/05/2021	Twin River Hardwoods	Elkview	Wv	An employee was standing in the door of his truck when another truck backed into his truck and pinned him between the two trucks. The employee sustained crushing injuries.	Crushing injuries	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
24/02/2021	H & S CONTRACTING, INC.	Elkhorn	Ne	An employee fell from the leading edge of a 15-foot-high roof to the ground. The employee suffered broken ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet	Roof edges	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
15/01/2021	Bake's Steel Erectors, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Il	An employee slipped and fell backward from a flatbed truck. His head struck the ground. He was hospitalized.	Intracranial injuries	Brain	Other fall to lower level	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
12/01/2021	Alvarez Inc	Elk Grove Village	Il	An employee was cleaning up brush on the ground when a loose branch weighing approximately 40 pounds fell 10 feet to the ground and bounced toward the employee's chest, striking them and causing a rib fracture.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Limbs, branches-unattached
06/01/2021	Advance Electrical Supply	Elk Grove Village	Il	An employee fell off a truck while trying to unload it. A wire reel then fell from the truck onto the employee and injured his leg.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part	Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones	Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility
20/08/2020	Custom Service Manufacturing, LLC	Elkhorn	Wi	An employee arrived at work, turned the corner leading into the cafeteria, tripped over a box, and fell. The employee sustained a broken right kneecap.	Fractures	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Boxes, crates, cartons
10/08/2020	Metal Impact LLC	Elk Grove Village	Il	On August 10, 2020, an employee was removing tools from a press. He was using his right hand to operate the hoist chain while his left hand was on the eye bolt. When he pulled the hoist chain, it created tension on the eye bolt as it picked up the load. His left index finger was then crushed between the eye bolt and the spinner, resulting in a finger amputation.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment	Overhead hoists
14/07/2020	Hudapack Metal Treating, Inc.	Elkhorn	Wisconsin	An employee was inspecting the inside of an industrial heat treating furnace. A defective relay allowed natural gas to flow into an area of the furnace and the gas was ignited by the radiant tube heating system. The employee was directly in front of a fireball that came from the oven, and sustained second degree burns to the head, face, and neck.	Second degree heat (thermal) burns	Head and neck	Contact with hot objects or substances	Forging machinery
08/07/2020	Redlands Contracting	Elk City	Oklahoma	An employee was putting a gas-powered generator into an enclosed trailer. As he was moving a metal gas can, a flash fire began and caused burns over 40 percent of his body.	Heat (thermal) burns	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids	Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
23/06/2020	Atlas Steel Erection	Elkhorn	Nebraska	An employee installing a metal roof deck fell through an opening in the roof approximately 26 feet to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractures to the left leg, left arm, pelvis, and cheek bone.	Fractures	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet	Existing roof openings, other than skylights	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces
01/05/2020	Chicagoland Home Products	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was operating an edge bander. The moving saw blade partially amputated the employee's little finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Sawing machinery-stationary
28/04/2020	Menards	Elkhorn	Nebraska	An employee had just removed the bands on a pallet of siding when the stack of siding tipped over and landed on his leg. He suffered a fracture above the ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Containers-variable restraint
10/02/2020	D&W Fine Pack LLC	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was working on an extruder when he went into the winder to re-thread the sheet. He asked his helper to position the turret forward to gain access to the sheet roll. When the helper rotated the turret, the employee was caught between the idle roller and the pull roll guard. The injured employee sustained fractured ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning	Extruding machinery
27/01/2020	Camis Industries Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was sweeping the floor by the shipping dock when he attempted to move a molded piece of steel with his hands. The steel then fell on his leg, causing fractures to his leg and toes.	Fractures	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker	Parts and materials
27/01/2020	Jeff Mactaggart Masonry LLC	Elkhorn	Nebraska	An employee placed his right hand on top of a mortar mixer grate to pull the drum back into the upright position when the paddles came down and made contact with three of the employee's fingers, causing a partial amputation of the ring finger.	Amputations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Agitators, mixers-earth, mineral
24/09/2019	Patterson Services Inc.	Elk City	Oklahoma	An employee was moving a pump motor when it fell on his foot, breaking it.	Fractures	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment	Motors other than vehicle
13/09/2019	Cooper Lighting, LLC	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was operating a standup forklift in reverse after placing a skid of material on the storage rack. The forklift struck a boom attachment that was stored in the area and the boom struck the employee's left leg causing a compound fracture to the lower leg.	Fractures	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Parts and materials
12/07/2019	PINEDA BROTHERS LOGGING, INC.	Elk River	Idaho	Employees up the hill were cutting down a tree. The falling tree caught onto a leaning tree which then struck an employee in the chest. The employee was hospitalized with cracked ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Trees	Trees
03/07/2019	Axis Warehouse, LLC	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was operating a forklift inside a truck when the truck began to pull away. The employee jumped out of the forklift and broke both heels.	Fractures	Heel(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
09/04/2019	All-State Industries, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was loading material between rollers on a press machine. The machine engaged and caused the material to shift, catching his right middle finger. The fingernail and nailbed were amputated.	Amputations	Fingernail(s), nailbed(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Presses, except printing
02/04/2019	ROSS INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was receiving freight when the loading plate malfunctioned and would not move up. The employee tried to move the plate with his hand, and the dock plate was knocked back and hit his right hand, resulting in an index fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
06/03/2019	Arc-Tronics, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was soldering parts together. A cable was tangled around her right foot, under her desk; when she stood, she lost her balance and fell, dislocating her left knee.	Dislocation of joints	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object	Floor	Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
06/03/2019	Videojet Technologies, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	A pallet vendor was counting pallets in an aisle when a forklift struck him, breaking his left leg.	Fractures	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
19/02/2019	Machine Service Incorporated	Elkhorn	Wisconsin	An employee slipped on ice and fell, suffering a broken hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Ice, sleet, snow
12/02/2019	Aviagen Inc.	Elkmont	Alabama	An employee was cutting down packaging materials to build cardboard pallets for export orders. His fingers contacted the table saw blade causing a left middle fingertip amputation and a laceration to the left index finger requiring stiches.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment	Table saws
04/02/2019	David Henderson Logging	Elk River	Idaho	An employee was felling a tree. Part of a tree that was leaning on the tree the employee was felling fell onto the employee causing a concussion, cracked vertebrae, a cracked rib, broken teeth and a broken femur.	Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.	Trees
25/08/2018	S. P. Richards Company	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was closing a dock door when a rope caught his foot and he fell to the ground, breaking his ribs.	Fractures	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip	Floors, walkways, ground surfaces	Rope, twine, string
20/08/2018	Express Energy Services	Elk City	Oklahoma	An employee was using a foot to set slips when the right foot was caught between slips and the rig floor, resulting in a partial amputation of the little toe.	Amputations	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Oil drilling rigs and machinery
25/07/2018	CMP Anodizing, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was carrying a 5-gallon bucket filled with 3 gallons of a chemical containing 77 to 100 percent sulfuric acid, preparing to add it to an anodizing tank. He tripped and the acid splashed out of the bucket, burning his torso area.	Chemical burns and corrosions	Trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue	Sulfuric acid	Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
16/07/2018	Zesto	Elkhorn	Nebraska	An employee was dumping grease from a deep fryer. The grease melted the bottom from the bucket and it spilled out. The employee fell in the spilled grease, suffering third degree burns to the knees and random second degree burns to the rest of his body.	Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns	Knee(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Fats, oils, cooking greases	Buckets, baskets, pails
30/06/2018	Boral Building Products Inc.	Elkland	Pennsylvania	An employee fell from the lowered standing platform of a powered industrial truck onto the concrete floor about 8 inches below, breaking his hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Floor, n.e.c.
11/06/2018	Tri-Point Oil & Gas Production Systems LLC	Elk City	Oklahoma	An employee was standing on the top step of a 2-foot stepladder to change paint booth filters. The employee fell off the stepladder to the concrete floor and fractured the right hip.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet	Step ladders	Floor, n.e.c.
31/05/2018	FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was reversing a forklift when he struck a steel cross beam and fractured his vertebrae.	Fractures	Nonclassifiable	Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered	Structural elements, n.e.c.
17/04/2018	UPS Freight Boarding	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee slipped on black ice while walking between two parked trailers during a trailer inspection, suffering a hip fracture.	Fractures	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping	Parking lot-paved	Ice, sleet, snow
12/04/2018	U.S. Postal Service	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was hanging a sign on a swinging door while on a motorized cart when a forklift operator reversed through the swinging doors and pinned the employee's foot and ankle between the swinging door and the motorized cart. The employee suffered fractures to the right leg and ankle.	Fractures	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway	Off-road or industrial vehicle-powered	Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
03/04/2018	D & K Group, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was waiting for a production line to finish. The employee's right hand was on the hoist controls when the employee's pinky finger became caught in the hoist clasp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.	Amputations	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	Material and personnel handling machinery
14/02/2018	Lawrence Foods, Inc.	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was cleaning underneath a kettle of boiling water when a hose came off the kettle and the boiling water burned the employee's shoulder and left arm.	Heat (thermal) burns	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances	Water
10/01/2018	Twin City Fan Companies, LTD.	Elkton	South Dakota	An employee was operating a press brake to bend material. The employee's hand was under the die when the employee's foot applied pressure to the pedal, causing the press to operate. The employee's hand was then caught in the press.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Hand(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation	Brake presses
09/01/2018	Omaha Door and Window	Elkhorn	Nebraska	An employee was replacing the bottom seal on a garage door. When he removed a roller, tension on the door caused it to fling up. The bottom section of the door struck his face, fracturing his cheekbone.	Fractures	Cheek(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate	Garage doors
26/09/2017	FedEx Trade Networks	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was giving a tour of the warehouse, turned in a different direction and felt a pain in his back. The employee was hospitalized.	Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Walking, without other incident-single episode	Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
26/09/2017	BKBG Enterprises, Inc. dba Devanco Foods	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	An employee was cleaning meat from the band saw and contacted the blade cutting his right index finger.	Cuts, lacerations	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against object or equipment	Butchering machinery
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