Severe Workplace Injuries in Galesburg, Illinois
Employers in Galesburg reported 21 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through April 2025: 15 workers hospitalized and 7 amputations (33% of reports). Manufacturing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 14 of them.
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How workers were hurt
Parts of the body injured
OSHA inspections in Galesburg since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 180 inspections at Galesburg workplaces, and 95 of them (53%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 197 serious, 0 willful and 7 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $514,953.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Alcast, LLC (complaint, details) | 6 (2 serious+) | $70,837 |
| Alcast, LLC (complaint, details) | 4 | $11,255 |
| Midstate Manufacturing Company (complaint, details) | 1 | $5,000 |
| Midstate Manufacturing Company (unprogrammed, details) | 4 | $9,948 |
| Knox College (complaint, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $8,275 |
| Coast 2 Coast Millwright LLC (complaint, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $11,614 |
| Midstate Manufacturing Company (complaint, details) | 6 (6 serious+) | $20,325 |
| Gates Corporation (referral, details) | 1 | $12,676 |
| Tri-City Ironworks, Inc. (programmed, details) | 1 | $770 |
| United Facilities, Inc. (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $11,636 |
| Templeton Roofing Co (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $3,282 |
| Legacy Corporation Of Il (complaint, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $12,000 |
Penalties as currently recorded by OSHA; they can drop after settlement or contest. Inspection data covers federal OSHA inspections and state-run safety program inspections reported to OSHA.
Most recent reports
The 21 newest severe injury reports from Galesburg employers, as OSHA published them.
Apr 23, 2025 · Circle K Stores Inc Hospitalized
On April 23, 2025, an employee was working behind the cash register when a store robbery occurred. The assailant grabbed the employee by the arm and threw them to the floor. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured hip.
Hitting, kicking, beating by other person (other) · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Feb 11, 2025 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Hospitalized
At about 4:45 p.m. on February 11, 2025, an employee was attacked by a dog while delivering mail at a home. The dog bit the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Non-venomous animal bites except "bugs" · Hand(s), finger(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Sep 10, 2024 · Aluminum Castings Company Hospitalized
On September 10, 2024, at approximately 5:55 AM, an employee suffered burns to his right hand as he was removing a ladle from a furnace and the cup made contact with the side of the furnace, splashing molten aluminum into his glove. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his right hand.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Hand(s), finger(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 4, 2024 · Heat and Control, Inc. Hospitalized
On September 4, 2024, an employee was lifting a 4-inch x 4-inch wood post that was 16 feet long and weighed 50 pounds when they felt a pop in their abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.
Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Abdomen · Manufacturing
Feb 20, 2024 · Gates Corporation Hospitalized
On February 20, 2024, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was unjamming rubber that had become stuck in a machine. When the machine started, the flapper moved, striking and compressing the employee. The employee was hospitalized for three fractured ribs, a partially collapsed lung, and a puncture wound in the middle of their back.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Multiple trunk locations · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1730071
May 10, 2022 · Alcast Aquisition Company LLC Amputation
An employee was holding a casting with his right hand when the band saw started and jumped, pulling his fingers into the saw blade. He suffered partial amputations to two fingers on his right hand.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1596566
Feb 9, 2021 · Summit Pizza, Inc. Hospitalized
On February 5, 2021, an employee slipped on snow and ice in a parking lot while walking to her car. She suffered ankle and tibia fractures and was hospitalized.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Ankle(s) and leg(s) (other) · Hotels and restaurants · OSHA inspection 1514867
Aug 14, 2020 · Midstate Manufacturing Co. Hospitalized
On August 14, 2020, a temporary employee was hanging spline shaft parts on vertical racking on a line to be washed. The employee hung a part on the top row of the racking and was hanging a part on the bottom row when the part fell from the top row. It landed on the employee's left hand, breaking and wounding the little finger.
Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Mar 10, 2020 · MIDSTATE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Hospitalized
On March 10, 2020, an employee was forming retainer parts on a 90-ton brake press. The press dropped onto the first three fingers of his right hand, crushing them. He was hospitalized.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing
Feb 22, 2019 · Ilpea Industries, Inc. Amputation
At 10:45 a.m., on February 22, 2019, an employee was working at an extruder line, clearing accumulated plastic between the guillotine blade and pulley belts. The timed chopping cycle took place, amputating the employee's left index finger above the first knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1381977
Sep 25, 2018 · Dealers Choice Auto Auction Inc Amputation
On September 25, 2018 an employee was checking fluids in the engine compartment of a vehicle when a gust of wind blew the vehicle hood off of the hood strut. The hood then closed on the employee's left hand, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.
Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1350389
Jun 27, 2018 · Gates Corporation Amputation
An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of rubber from a guillotine cutting machine when the machine was actuated. The guillotine blade then dropped from its housing and amputated the employee's left hand at its midpoint, severing four fingers and half of the thumb.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) and finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1327797
Jun 4, 2018 · Gates Corporation Hospitalized
On June 4, 2018, an employee was operating a mill machine when hot rubber stock would not feed into the rollers correctly. He was attempting to push the rubber stock with his gloved hand when the machine pulled the glove from his hand. A piece of hot rubber then flapped onto his left forearm, causing second and third degree burns. He was hospitalized.
Contact with hot objects or substances · Forearm(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1321616
Jan 4, 2018 · Gates Corporation Amputation
An employee was troubleshooting a coiler machine when a damaged pneumatic piston actuated and amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1287465
Oct 11, 2017 · WestRock CP, LLC Hospitalized
On October 11, 2017, an employee was feeding cardboard into the feed roller of a machine when his right hand became caught in the ingoing nip point of the roller. He received third degree thermal burns to the right hand and fractured three fingers.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) and finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1270821
Aug 7, 2017 · Locke's Roofing & Siding, Inc. Hospitalized
On August 7, 2017, at approximately 2:30PM, employees were coming down from the roof for a break. An employee unhooked the harness of their personal fall arrest equipment to come down the ladder, lost footing and fell approximately 24 feet to the ground below. The employee suffered a broken femur, broken wrist, punctured lung, and a fractured hip.
Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1253298
Aug 17, 2016 · Help At Home, LLC Hospitalized
On August 17, 2016, around 11:15 a.m., an employee was leaving a client's house when her leg gave out and she fell on the concrete sidewalk. She fractured her right wrist and right elbow, requiring surgery.
Fall on same level (other) · Wrist(s) and elbow(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1177669
Feb 19, 2016 · Niemann Foods Amputation
While slicing ham with a bone saw, an employee's left ring fingertip was amputated.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Fingertip(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1127269
Oct 19, 2015 · Blick Art Materials, LLC Hospitalized
An employee operating a standup powered industrial vehicle (PIV) was backing out of an aisle into the main aisle. He struck a pole at the end of the storage rack, and his left leg got crushed between the lift truck and the pole.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Leg(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1101605
Mar 18, 2015 · Progress Rail Services Corporation Amputation
The last digit on an employee's pinky finger was amputated when caught between a metal plate attached to a pump and a trailer bed while unloading scrap metal into the Peddlers Yard. Suitable safeguarding was not in place at the time of the incident.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1048902
Feb 10, 2015 · Progress Rail Services Corporation Hospitalized
While deconstructing a locomotive engine, an employee was struck by a piece of engine, which broke the employee's leg.
Struck by object or equipment · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade
After a workplace injury in Illinois
Most work injuries are handled through workers' compensation, which pays medical bills and part of lost wages whether or not anyone was at fault, and usually rules out suing the employer. A separate claim may be possible against someone else, such as an equipment maker or another company on the site. Reporting deadlines are short, so tell your employer about an injury right away.
Workers compensation lawyers in Galesburg
Lawbamba lists 3 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Galesburg, Illinois, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 3 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: OSHA's Severe Injury Reports, 2015 through November 2025 (loaded November 9, 2026). Employers must report any work-related amputation, loss of an eye or in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours. Employer names, addresses and incident descriptions are as OSHA publishes them. A report records an injury, not a finding that the employer broke a rule; OSHA opens an inspection for some reports. The data covers workplaces under federal OSHA. States that run their own OSHA program (such as California, Washington, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia) are mostly missing, and work-related deaths are reported separately.
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