Severe Workplace Injuries in Franklin Park, Illinois

Oct 30, 2025 · Olympia Food Industries Inc. Amputation

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1860668

Sep 9, 2025 · Coregistics Amputation

An employee was using a push cart. When he tilted the cart, his finger was caught between it and its handle. The fingertip was amputated.

Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Professional and technical services

Aug 27, 2025 · JCG Industries, Inc. dba Koch Foods Hospitalized

An employee was walking in the box room to retrieve unassembled boxes. He tripped over a plastic quarter pallet that was staged for storage and fell. The employee was hospitalized with injury to his knees and buttocks.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Trunk and other lower extremities · Manufacturing

Aug 20, 2025 · Caliber Construction Company Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a baker scaffold to install insulation and drywall in a locker room area when he fell approximately 10 feet to the floor, resulting in contusions to the head.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Head · Construction · OSHA inspection 1846080

Aug 16, 2025 · Pactiv Evergreen Services Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was cleaning the chrome rolls on an extruder. The top and middle rolls caught his left arm and pulled it in up to the shoulder. His shoulder was injured up to the pectoral muscle. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Trunk and other upper extremities · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1844550

Jul 29, 2025 · Mercury Plastics, Inc. dba Felpak Hospitalized

On July 29, 2025, at approximately 1:15 PM, an employee was cleaning a vent on an extruder machine. He was breaking a hardened plastic clog by hitting it with a mallet and a screwdriver. When he broke through the first layer of plastic, hot liquefied plastic that was under the hardened surface splashed onto the employee causing burns to his face, neck, arms, and hands.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1841327

Jul 23, 2025 · H & H Electric Co., Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was hammering a metal collar on a piece of equipment when a small piece of metal broke off and entered their arm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Hand(s) and arm(s) (other) · Construction

Jul 11, 2025 · FerValue USA, LLC DBA Ferrero Hospitalized

An employee had been cleaning red garbage bins (gondolas) near the dock area. The employee tripped and fell off the dock. The employee sustained fractures to an elbow and two ribs, and had bleeding in their lungs.

Other fall to lower level · Trunk and other upper extremities · Manufacturing

May 15, 2025 · R.C.M. Industries, Inc. dba Aallied Die Casting Company of Illinois Amputation

On May 15, 2025, an employee was assisting with troubleshooting an issue with a die in a die casting machine. While unjamming the machine, the employee's finger was caught between a section of the die and a wooden spacer. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1826795

Apr 7, 2025 · Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC Amputation

An employee was using a hand file to sand a part attached to the chuck on a powered lathe. Their right glove became caught and the employee's hand was pulled into the chuck, resulting in three finger amputations and an injury to the right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1816701

Feb 6, 2025 · Mandel Metals, Inc. Hospitalized

On February 6, 2025, an employee was walking in the parking lot when they slipped and fell to the pavement, resulting in a concussion.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Brain · Manufacturing

Jan 24, 2025 · Sloan Valve Company Hospitalized

An employee was on a step ladder, loosing a bolt connected to a machine. He fell off the ladder, landed on his back less than 4 feet below, and hit his head. The employee sustained head trauma and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Head · Manufacturing

Jan 4, 2025 · Koch Meat Co., Inc dba Koch Foods Amputation

An employee was clearing a jam after changing the top film roll of a packaging machine when the blade at the outfeed amputated their left index fingertip.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1796351

Dec 6, 2024 · Formel Industries, Inc. Amputation

An employee was teaching other employees how to pull a machine's shaft manually. With the machine turned off, the employee manually released air from the shaft. The shaft was pulled from the other end, and a finger on the employee's right hand was caught between the shaft and the core. The finger was lacerated and partially amputated.

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

Nov 8, 2024 · Vorteq Coil Finishers, LLC Hospitalized

On November 8, 2024, an employee was inspecting the aluminum material on the line for a defect. The employee stumbled and his face made contact with the moving material, resulting in a severe laceration to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Ears and facial region · Manufacturing

Oct 3, 2024 · Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Hospitalized

A truck driver was manually loading customer tires into a trailer when a pile of tires fell on top of him, fracturing his hip.

Collapse, engulfment (other) · Hip joint(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 30, 2024 · Midwest Can Company, LLC Amputation

An employee was grinding a machine part when her gloved fingertip was caught in the bench grinder, severing the tip. Her right index finger was amputated under the nail.

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

Aug 30, 2024 · United Parcel Service, Inc. dba UPS Hospitalized

An employee had been kneeling on a stopped sort belt to retrieve a package. When climbing off the belt, the employee fell approximately 2.5 feet to the ground and landed on their left side. The employee suffered injuries to the left shoulder and leg, as well as a fracture to the left arm that required surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Jul 2, 2024 · Prairie State Impressions, L.L.C. Amputation

An employee was removing a roll of media from a printing press machine with the provided hoist when the roll shaft became jammed. The employee was manually unjamming it when the shaft released and pinched his right little finger into the cradle that holds the bearing for the shaft. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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

Jun 24, 2024 · Mistica Foods Hospitalized

An employee sustained a laceration to the right hand while cleaning a conveyor belt.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Hand(s), finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1763365

May 22, 2024 · Fervalue USA Inc. Dba Ferrero U.S.A, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was descending stairs and missed the last step. They fell and dislocated their left ankle requiring surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Apr 17, 2024 · FORMEL INDUSTRIES, INC. Amputation

An employee was pushing a 45-pound sleeve off a cylinder on a printing machine after it had become stuck. The actuating arm activated and pushed the sleeve, crushing his finger and resulting in an amputation to his right little fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1743453

Feb 4, 2024 · Fervalue USA Inc. Dba Ferrero U.S.A, Inc. Amputation

An employee was sanitizing a conveyor belt with a wipe when their right hand fingers were caught between the gauging roller and the belt, resulting in partial amputations to three fingers.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1727244

Oct 30, 2023 · Yunexpress usa inc Hospitalized

An employee was stepping off a forklift. He stepped on a roller on the flatbed of the truck and fell approximately 4 feet, resulting in fractured ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1708217

Oct 5, 2023 · United Parcel Service, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee tripped and fell to the ground between a dock and a compactor, resulting in fractured thoracic vertebrae, lacerations to the head, neck, and back and neck pain.

Other fall to lower level · Thoracic region · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1711448

Sep 29, 2023 · Sloan Valve Company Amputation

An employee was loading a chucker machine. As the cutting tool was advancing toward the part, the employee's right middle finger was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1701442

Aug 22, 2023 · R.C.M. Industries, Inc. dba Aallied Die Casting Company of Illinois Amputation

An employee was brushing debris off a part with their right hand when their left hand made contact with the rotating grinding wheel on a surface grinder. Their left index fingertip was amputated.

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Jun 19, 2023 · Pactiv Evergreen Services Inc. Hospitalized

A temporary employee was performing a change-over on an extruder when his left hand adhered to the sticky tape on a roller. The employee was pulled onto the roller and wrapped in the plastic. The employee suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Nonclassifiable · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1694509

Apr 4, 2023 · Fervalue USA Inc. Dba Ferrero U.S.A, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was on a three-step ladder fixing a motor on the incline conveyor. As they were stepping down from the ladder, the employee slipped and their foot became caught between the bottom and second steps. They were hospitalized for a shin fracture in two places.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1662307

Apr 3, 2023 · Fervalue USA Inc. Dba Ferrero U.S.A, Inc. Amputation

An employee was unjamming two small boxes on the case maker when their finger came in contact with the sprocket of the conveyor. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated. A guard was in place at the time.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1662303