Severe Workplace Injuries in Aurora, Illinois

Nov 30, 2025 · TANGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC Hospitalized

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine at a height of six feet. The employee fell to the ground surface beneath the work area and sustained a concussion, head trauma, rib fractures, and lumbar transverse process fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Head and trunk · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1862384

Nov 30, 2025 · GONNELLA BAKING CO. Hospitalized

An employee was working to push a jammed stack of trays forward onto an un-stacker machine. The employee's glove became stuck in a pinch point and the lift moved up, causing the employee's left ring and middle fingers to contact the pan guide, resulting in a laceration.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Oct 23, 2025 · Swedberg Electric, LLC Amputation

The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction

Oct 16, 2025 · United States Postal Services Hospitalized

An employee was waiting for an operator to bring mail over to a mail sorting machine when she became pinned between the machine and a stack of pallets being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee suffered bruising and swelling on her hips, lower back, knees, and left side; a puncture wound to her left thigh from a machine screw; a crushed right hand with numbness and tingling; numbness to the left big toe; and a right wrist sprain.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1863664

Oct 11, 2025 · Pregis Protective Films and Coating LLC. Amputation

An employee was walking behind the rewind coding machine while on his phone. He rested his left wrist on top of the slitter bar and his finger came in contact with the roller, resulting in amputation.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1855547

Aug 15, 2025 · Amsino Medical INC. Hospitalized

On August 15, 2025, an employee was in a small room right before the exit. The door in the little room was locked. The employee climbed over a wall and hopped down to the other side, falling and resulting in a twisted right ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 23, 2025 · PSSI Amputation

An employee was preparing equipment when a pneumatic actuator fell and crushed his right middle finger, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Struck by falling object · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Apr 9, 2025 · Andy Frain Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was securing an emergency lane when they were pushed onto the asphalt by a vendor, striking their head and suffering a concussion that required hospitalization.

Hitting, kicking, beating by other person (other) · Brain · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Apr 8, 2025 · Portillo's Hot Dogs LLC Hospitalized

An employee was dispensing a cleaning chemical from a storage cage. The chemical splashed onto the employee's lower leg and burned it.

Exposure through intact tissue · Lower leg(s) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1818537

Feb 15, 2025 · TANGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC Amputation

The injured employee was holding plastic lumber material so that another employee could strike the lumber to push it back into the machine. The injured employee was struck by the plastic lumber hammer, resulting in lacerations and a partial fingertip amputation of their left index finger through the phalanx.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 12, 2025 · UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC. Amputation

An employee was retrieving a pallet from a customer and cutting off the shrink wrap. The employee reached to push the shrink wrap into a dumpster when the forks on the powered industrial vehicle tilted and crushed his fourth and fifth fingers. The employee sustained an amputation of the fourth and fifth fingers.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Jan 22, 2025 · McHenry Heating & Air, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was removing a wood and brick facade in preparation for a new facade. A piece of material slipped in the strap holding it, causing the strap to pin the employee's right arm against a wall. The arm was broken.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Arm(s) · Construction

Nov 22, 2024 · Hayman Company Hospitalized

Two employees responded to an emergency call. They discovered a hot water heater leaking in the unit downstairs. The injured employee was going to change a valve. While removing a pipe that was tied to the drain, hot water shot out of the pressure-release valve. The injured employee sustained burns to his right arm and hand, left-side ribs, and torso.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Trunk and other upper extremities · Real estate and rental

Nov 2, 2024 · Factor75, LLC Amputation

An employee was entering a locker room when their right ring finger became caught in the door actuator. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

Struck by door, gate, window · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

May 9, 2024 · OSI Group LLC Amputation

An employee was chopping bacon with an 8-inch chef knife when they sustained a left middle fingertip amputation through part of the nail.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

May 8, 2024 · Factor75, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was transporting product on a stainless steel cart when she was struck on the leg by another cart, causing her to fall on top of the cart and injure her left hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level (other) · Hip joint(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 26, 2024 · Garrett Popcorn Holding Company Amputation

An employee was wiping down a chain link on a popcorn popper with a hand towel when the towel got caught in the chain link along with his left index fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1736621

Mar 18, 2024 · Green Sustainable Packaging, Inc. Amputation

An employee was checking temperatures to a side seal assembly when the side seal bar pinched the inside of his right middle fingertip causing an amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1737470

Feb 13, 2024 · VALLEY ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC. Hospitalized

An employee was moving a cyclone-style conduit bender when the casters hit a gap in the concrete floor causing the conduit bender to fall and fracture their left foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by object tipping over · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Construction

May 17, 2023 · Chicago Assembly Division Hospitalized

An employee was unloading a trailer from a transport trailer and fell to the ground. The employee fractured his right femur at the hip and required surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Hip(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 16, 2023 · GRUNDFOS WATER UTILITY INC. Hospitalized

An employee was working on a vertical lathe when they were injured and hospitalized.

Nonclassifiable · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1644987

Sep 2, 2022 · RUSH COPLEY MEDICAL CENTER Hospitalized

An employee was at the greeter desk outside of the emergency department when a patient was being discharged. The patient punched the employee on the left side of his head. A few seconds later as the employee was walking to the triage area, he fell to the side and his head struck a wall. The employee was hospitalized.

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Brain · Health care and social assistance

Aug 16, 2022 · SternMaid America LLC Hospitalized

An employee was packing a crate when they slipped on debris and fell to the ground, resulting in a back injury.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Construction

Jun 29, 2022 · Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was walking through the gravy cooler when he slipped. His left hand went into one of the pots containing hot gravy. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to the left forearm and blisters.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Forearm(s) · Hotels and restaurants

Apr 11, 2022 · AMETEK Magnetrol USA LLC Amputation

An employee was repositioning an oil barrel using a drum positioner attached to a forklift. The employee's finger got caught between the barrel and one of the positioner tines, amputating the fingertip.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 21, 2022 · UNILOCK CHICAGO, INC. Amputation

An employee was putting a mold lifting cylinder on a chain fall hoist. The cylinder shifted and pinched the employee's left index finger against its mounting bracket. The fingertip was amputated.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 3, 2022 · VIM Recyclers Inc LP Hospitalized

An employee was stepping onto a ramp when his left foot slipped on a piece of wood. He fell, and his right leg was caught by the curve at the base of the ramp. He suffered two fractures to the right tibia.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1586748

Dec 21, 2021 · Pretium Packaging Amputation

On December 21, 2021, an employee was clearing material from a material blending machine's lower hopper at the slide gate. The employee suffered an amputation to the right middle fingertip.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 26, 2021 · Whelan Security of Illinois Hospitalized

An employee was conducting his security rounds when he fell into an excavation.

Other fall to lower level · Nonclassifiable · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jul 20, 2021 · Penske Logistics Hospitalized

An employee was pulling a box off a pallet and fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the right femur and tailbone.

Fall, slip, trip · Multiple body parts (other) · Transportation and warehousing