Severe Workplace Injuries in O Fallon, Illinois

May 21, 2025 · Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. dba Dean Foods Hospitalized

An employee reached to grab a bottle and their right hand became caught in the milk bottle molding machine. Their hand was partially degloved.

Struck by running powered equipment · Hand(s), finger(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1827392

Dec 1, 2023 · Prairie Farms East Side Jersey Dairy Hospitalized

An employee was riding on a powered pallet jack near a sewer drain. The pallet jack hit a dip near the sewer drain, and the employee s left foot hit a clamp truck parked in a charging station. He suffered a cut to the big toe, as well as fractures in the toe and the foot.

Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway · Multiple foot (feet) locations · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

May 30, 2023 · JEN Mechanical, Inc Hospitalized

An employee had been hosing down the coils of an HVAC unit on a roof. He was going up or down an extension ladder when the foot of the ladder slipped on the wet concrete/asphalt ground and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured rib, fractured foot, knee strain, and a possible fractured wrist.

Other fall to lower level · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Jan 27, 2022 · Prairie Farms Dairy Hospitalized

An employee was loading pallets on a trailer at the dock. The employee entered a trailer on a rider jack, dropped their load, and began moving backward to exit the trailer. The rider jack impacted the dock plate while it was in an upward position and the employee was thrown into the dock plate, resulting in a compound fracture of their right tibia that required surgery.

Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle (other) · Lower leg(s) · Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Nov 11, 2019 · Amedisys Home Health Care Hospitalized

An employee was walking up a ramp to a patient's home. The ramp was wet and cold, and the employee slipped and fell, suffering a broken left leg. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Leg(s) · Health care and social assistance

May 25, 2019 · Schnuck Market Inc Hospitalized

An employee was moving a pallet of merchandise with a pallet jack when their arm was caught between the pallet jack and a carboard baler and fractured.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Arm(s) · Retail

Mar 4, 2019 · HSHS St. Elizabeth Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was entering the hospital from the parking lot when she tripped over an object and fell on the concrete sidewalk. The suffered a fractured nose and left wrist.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Multiple body parts (other) · Health care and social assistance

Jul 30, 2018 · FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WATERLOO Hospitalized

An employee had just picked up a teller tape that had fallen to the floor. Her head struck a countertop, causing a concussion.

Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Brain · Finance and insurance

Dec 3, 2017 · Dean Foods Amputation

An employee was reassembling a milk/fat centrifugal separator. An overhead hoist was lowering stainless steel disks into the separator housing when the employee's left small finger was caught under the disks. The sharp edges of the disks amputated the employee's fingertip (1/4 inch).

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

Jun 28, 2016 · Sams Club Amputation

At 11:34 a.m., an employee was working with an electric pallet jack while another receiving associate had a forklift. When the employee went to move the electric pallet jack, the handle was turned in such a way that when it moved, it moved backwards and smashed her left-hand pinky into the forklift battery. Her pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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

Mar 12, 2015 · Mc Bride & Son Properties Hospitalized

An employee was walking from a concrete sidewalk to a gravel area with a client. She tripped on gravel and rolled her left ankle, breaking it in three places. She was hospitalized and had surgery.

Trip on uneven surface without fall · Ankle(s) · Construction