Severe Workplace Injuries in Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Nov 16, 2025 · R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Amputation

A hydraulic jack was being used to lift a piece of equipment while a shim/bar stock was inserted underneath it. The hydraulic pressure was released and the equipment lowered onto an employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 30, 2025 · Rollex Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was helping to tighten down a metal packaging band for shipping. The metal band broke and struck the employee across their face, cutting their left face/eye area. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Other multiple ear(s), facial locations · Manufacturing

Sep 4, 2025 · Voestalpine Amputation

An employee was working on a control line when it got jammed with steel strips. They went to unjam the machine and suffered a fingertip amputation to the left middle finger.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Other services · OSHA inspection 1850864

Feb 13, 2025 · Grant & Power Opco LLC dba Grant & Power Landscaping Hospitalized

An employee was brushing salt off of a salt box on a truck when the sleeve of his jacket got caught in the auger, causing his right arm to be pulled into the auger. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to his right arm that required hospitalization and surgery.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Arm(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jan 6, 2025 · Astro Machine Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was operating a press machine when the press fractured and lacerated four fingers, requiring hospitalization and surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1797053

Dec 7, 2024 · Grecian Delight Foods, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning a metal transition plate when it struck and lacerated his right bicep.

Contact incidents · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1801399

Nov 5, 2024 · Creative Werks LLC Amputation

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a machine and greasing a drive chain under the tape sealer. The employee's right index finger became caught in the drive sprocket and chain and he sustained an amputation to the finger.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1786673

Oct 4, 2024 · Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospitalized

An employee was walking into work within the parking garage when she tripped over a speed bump and fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with an open fracture to a knee.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance

Sep 12, 2024 · L&W Supply Corporation Amputation

An employee was holding an outside yard gate while a vendor truck was exiting the yard. As the employee was watching the exiting truck, the rollers on top of the gate caught his right index fingertip, resulting in a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1777331

Jul 3, 2024 · Shummi US LLC Hospitalized

An employee was adjusting the air pressure of the injection molding machine when a reciprocating part of the machine lacerated the top of his forearm. The employee sustained a laceration about 3 inches long resulting in injured tendons and a fractured bone.

Struck by running powered equipment · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1761407

Jul 1, 2024 · Groot Recycling & Waste Services, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was moving a stack of new garbage bins when another stack of garbage bins fell on him. The employee sustained a dislocated right shoulder.

Struck by falling object · Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1773744

Mar 20, 2024 · IRCA Group USA, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was offloading high-temperature water into a tank. When the hose was disconnected, residual pressure caused hot water to come out and burn the employee. The employee was hospitalized for second- or third-degree burns to their right arm, leg, abdomen, and chest.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Nov 7, 2023 · Arrow Home Products LLC Hospitalized

An employee was clearing the floor of a production area in a warehouse. His forklift reversed and struck an I-beam; his left foot was caught and broken between the forklift and the I-beam. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Aug 22, 2023 · Alliance Ground International, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was closing a dock door that was propped open with a board. As the employee removed the board, the door fell and struck them. Their ankle was dislocated and they sustained an injury to the right leg that required hospitalization.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1694105

Jul 21, 2023 · Grecian Delight Foods, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were using a power washer when they received a shock to their right hand and left foot. Both employees were hospitalized.

Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems · Manufacturing

Jun 15, 2023 · Acme Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was changing out the tooling on the vertical machining center (VMC) when the table he was positioned on moved and crushed his pelvis between the platen table and the frame of the machine, resulting in a pelvic fracture. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Pelvis · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1694246

Mar 20, 2023 · United Airlines, Inc. Hospitalized

Two employees were operating baggage vehicles at the airport. One employee was driving a baggage tractor and the other was driving an electric tug. The two vehicles collided head-on, causing the employee on the tug to sustain a concussion as well as a forearm fracture and laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway · Multiple body parts (other) · Transportation and warehousing

Dec 5, 2022 · FPM Heat Treating, Inc. Amputation

A temporary employee was cleaning up her work station at the end of her shift. She manually rotated the turntable platform of the spring-actuated pallet carousel skid positioner to bring a pair of pliers within reach. Her left middle fingertip became pinched between the tubular steel frame and the turntable platform resulting in amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1638874

Jun 1, 2022 · Prime Blend Hospitalized

While cleaning a tote, an employee was cutting out residual glue using a utility knife. The employee slipped and the utility knife lacerated his bicep. The employee was hospitalized.

Slip without fall · Upper arm(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 26, 2022 · Clingan Steel, Inc. Amputation

An employee was pulling steel coils down a conveyor line and amputated their right thumb tip.

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

Mar 11, 2022 · Klein Tools, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee had been operating a grinder machine. As the employee tried to pick up a dropped part, the machine pulled in the employee's hand. The employee suffered a laceration under the ring and little fingers that required stitches, as well as a broken ulna and radius.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1584462

Jan 20, 2022 · Material Sciences Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was on a manufacturing line platform, doing an inspection, when his right hand was pinched by moving parts and rollers resulting in a right arm compression injury. The machinery was guarded at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery (other) · Arm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1575052

Jan 13, 2022 · Rollex Corporation Hospitalized

On January 13, 2022, at approximately 5:45 p.m., an employee and two coworkers were running the paint line. The injured employee was wiping down spinning rollers at the end of the line when his right arm was caught in the ingoing nip point on the roller up past his elbow. The employee lost a thin layer of the skin on his right arm up to his shoulder that requires skin grafts and multiple fractures.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Upper extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1577848

Dec 20, 2021 · Grecian Delight Foods Inc. Amputation

An employee was removing pita material from a stopped conveyor. A fixed metal guide and frame caught the employee's hand, causing a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

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

Oct 21, 2021 · Arrow Home Products Company Hospitalized

Two fork trucks collided at the corner of an intersection. An employee suffered a broken foot that required hospitalization.

Nonroadway collision with other vehicle · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Oct 8, 2021 · Miracapo Pizza Company LLC dba LIttle Lady Foods Amputation

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.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1557511

Sep 16, 2021 · Arrow Home Products Hospitalized

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.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 9, 2021 · Ultra Specialties, Inc. Amputation

An employee was cutting parts on a horizontal band saw when it amputated three fingers on his right hand. He was hospitalized.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1547644

Jul 30, 2021 · HMF EXPRESS Hospitalized

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.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) and arm(s) (other) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1547209

Jul 12, 2021 · R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company Amputation

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.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing