Severe Workplace Injuries in Belleville, Illinois

Jul 15, 2025 · Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company Amputation

The injured employee was training another employee on a sole stamping machine that cuts shoe sole inserts. During the training, the injured employee (trainer) was adjusting the material and die when the machine cycled and their right middle fingertip was amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 8, 2025 · BJC Memorial Hospital Hospitalized

A kitchen employee was completing food preparation for lunch. She experienced increasing pain in her neck as she bent down to fill a bucket of ice, brought it over to the cold station, and lifted the bucket of ice to fill the cold station. The employee was hospitalized the following day with a bulging cervical disc.

Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Health care and social assistance

Mar 21, 2024 · Professional Therapy Services, Inc. Hospitalized

On March 21, 2024, an employee was descending the indoor, carpeted stairs of a patient's residence when their heel slipped on the second-to-last step and they fell down the steps onto their left side. This resulted in injuries to their right knee, left shoulder, and bruising on their left big toe.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Upper and lower extremities (other) · Health care and social assistance

Mar 4, 2024 · Protestant Memorial Medical Center, Inc. Hospitalized

On March 4, 2024, at 10:35 a.m., an employee was removing a pan filled with water from the steamer rack when the hot water spilled, burning her left arm and the left side of her front torso.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Trunk and other upper extremities · Health care and social assistance

Oct 9, 2023 · Home Perfect Exteriors Hospitalized

An employee was inspecting a residential roof and doing gutter work. The employee was transitioning onto the roof when they fell from an 8-foot ladder. The employee sustained a fractured T-1 vertebrae.

Other fall to lower level · Thoracic region · Construction

May 18, 2023 · Empire Comfort Systems, Inc. Amputation

An employee was working on a bander when his finger was caught in the pulley and belt, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Oct 3, 2022 · International Paper Company Amputation

On October 3, 2022, at around 5:00 PM, an employee-in-training was changing out a commercial paper roll on a corrugator inside the facility warehouse. Once the roll was installed on the roll stand and ready to be put into production, the employee went to clear the excess paper from the roll. His right index finger was caught between the clamp and prep bar, resulting in an amputation of the tip that was later reattached.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1628523

Jan 26, 2022 · Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company Hospitalized

An employee was preparing to move a 55-gallon drum using a drum hand truck. While using the dolly to lift the drum, the employee lost balance and walked backward into another drum, which struck his lower back. He suffered broken vertebrae.

Struck against stationary object or equipment (other) · Lumbar region · Manufacturing

Nov 19, 2021 · Taylor Belleville Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Amputation

A service technician was operating the tire changing machine when the machine came down and crushed his left index finger on the rim. The finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Other services

May 7, 2021 · Triple Sticks Foods, LLC Amputation

On 3/24/2021 at 4:01 p.m., an employee was on a ladder fixing an overhead condensing unit when the employee stepped onto a nearby stainless steel table and the table flipped over, causing the employee to fall 4 feet. The employee suffered injuries to their right rib area. On 5/7/21 at 8:59 p.m., an employee was checking sprocket teeth for the chain underneath a bread slicer. The employee lost their balance and the tip of their left index finger got caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in a fingertip amputation. Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer. These events are captured as one report.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1532197

Oct 27, 2020 · UPS Amputation

On 10/27/2020, at approximately 9:10 a.m., an employee suffered a partial amputation of the left thumb while closing the doors of a package delivery truck.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Sep 5, 2020 · Lowes Home Centers LLC Hospitalized

On 9/5/2020, at approximately 10:40 a.m., a Lowe's employee was making a delivery at a customer's home. The employee had positioned a washer on the lift gate of the delivery truck and was attempting to step around the washer when he fell off the lift gate, which was raised several feet off the ground. As the employee fell, he grabbed the washer and pulled it down on top of him. The washer landed on his abdomen. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs, a fractured C7 vertebra, and a head injury.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Head, neck, and trunk · Retail

Nov 12, 2019 · Empire Comfort Systems Inc Hospitalized

An employee was walking from his car into the building when he slipped on the icy sidewalk and fell. His head hit the concrete, causing brain swelling that required hospitalization.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Brain · Wholesale trade

Aug 19, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized

An employee was working an overtime postal route when a second employee found the employee with symptoms of heat stress. The first employee was hospitalized.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 29, 2019 · HANK'S EXCAVATING & LANDSCAPING, INC. Hospitalized

On 4/29/2019, an employee was conducting landscaping operations at a street corner. He pushed a tree branch out of his way, and it snapped back and struck his face. A splinter pierced the left upper cheek just below the eye. Safety glasses were worn at the time.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Cheek(s) · Construction

Aug 19, 2018 · Belleville News Democrat Hospitalized

An employee leaned back and fell off a 5-foot fixed rail ladder while cleaning blankets on a printing press. He suffered a laceration to the right side of his forehead and two cracked ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Information · OSHA inspection 1386048

Jun 26, 2018 · Empire Comfort Systems, Inc. Amputation

An employee was using a press brake to form a metal part. The employee's right middle finger was caught between the part and the mold; the fingertip was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1327246

Jan 9, 2018 · International Paper Company Amputation

An employee was setting up a print machine and attempting to stop a paper roll from turning when the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the roll and the machine frame, amputating the fingertip (no bone loss).

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1288732

Jun 3, 2017 · SUPERVALU, INC. DBA SHOP 'N SAVE Amputation

An employee was erecting a pop-up canopy. The employee's left index fingertip was in a rod slot when the inner rod moved and amputated skin and muscle from the finger.

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Retail

Apr 3, 2017 · Save-A-Lot Store #417 Amputation

On 4/3/17 at approximately 10:20 AM, an employee was operating a bandsaw in the meat department and amputated a fingertip.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1222583

Dec 25, 2016 · St. Elizabeth's Hospital Hospitalized

On 12/25/16 at approximately 11:30 AM, an employee sustained first degree burns to the forearms and right hand while troubleshooting an energized pneumatic document tube system's panelboard.

Direct exposure to electricity · Hand(s) and arm(s) (other) · Health care and social assistance

Jul 28, 2016 · Ameren Illinois Hospitalized

While using a chainsaw to cut up old poles and trees, an employee was bitten by an unknown insect and had a reaction to the bite. The bite became infected, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Bites and stings · Body systems · Utilities

Jun 28, 2016 · St. Elizabeth's Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a pump to a commercial washing machine. After using water to prime the pump, the employee ran the cleaning fluid to the pump. Residual water with cleaning product was caught in a hand-held container. The employee inhaled the cleaning product odor and experienced respiratory tract irritation and distress.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Health care and social assistance

Sep 29, 2015 · Memorial Hospital Hospitalized

The employee had a medical reaction to a chicken pox vaccine on 9-24-15. The vaccine was a job requirement.

Exposure through medical injection · Body systems · Health care and social assistance

Jun 15, 2015 · ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL Hospitalized

An employee was in the hallway when a patient ran up and began hitting her in the face. The patient then grabbed the employee's leg and pulled her into a room. The employee fell, injuring her elbow.

Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving · Elbow(s) · Health care and social assistance

Mar 12, 2015 · ABC Supply Co, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee fell approximately 3.5 to 4 feet from the bed of a shingle delivery truck to the ground and was hospitalized overnight.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Nonclassifiable · Wholesale trade