Severe Workplace Injuries in Oak Brook, Illinois
Employers in Oak Brook reported 10 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through July 2025: 9 workers hospitalized and 1 amputations (10% of reports). Construction accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 2 of them.
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OSHA inspections in Oak Brook since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 88 inspections at Oak Brook workplaces, and 62 of them (70%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 147 serious, 1 willful and 14 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $513,890.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Yupa Roofing & Construction Corp. (other, details) | 7 (7 serious+) | $31,494 |
| Betancourt Construction Inc. (planned, details) | 10 (6 serious+) | $8,000 |
| S.N. Kimbrel Roofing Co, LLC (planned, details) | 2 (1 serious+) | $2,350 |
| Sb Stucco Inc. (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $6,242 |
| New Dimensions Designs, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,700 |
| Carlos Ignacio Castellanos (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $5,120 |
| Jacob M. Construction Inc. (planned, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $6,400 |
| Lake County Construction Pros Inc. (planned, details) | 4 (3 serious+) | $18,840 |
| Apex Exteriors, Inc. (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $5,674 |
| L & A.M. Construction Service Inc. (planned, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $8,500 |
| Tu Construction Corp. (planned, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $4,300 |
| Oscar Fajardo DBA Oscar Farjado (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,839 |
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 10 newest severe injury reports from Oak Brook employers, as OSHA published them.
Jul 29, 2025 · Keith Tilden Roofing Company dba Tilden Roofing Co., Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was preparing to come down from a roof. He disconnected his harness from the rope to exit the roof and then lost his footing and fell to the ground. The employee sustained broken bones in their right arm above the elbow.
Other fall to lower level · Arm(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1840899
May 22, 2025 · Walsh Construction Company II, LLC Amputation
An employee was completing a post-assembly inspection of the main hoist cable of a lattice crawler crane as it was being spooled onto the drum. His left hand became pinched between the drum and the cable, resulting in the partial amputation of his ring and little fingers.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Construction
Jan 6, 2025 · Nordstrom, Inc Hospitalized
An employee was walking toward a customer when they tripped on product that was on the ground and fell. The employee sustained a fractured right hip.
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail
Jun 16, 2022 · Heniff Transportation Systems, LLC. Hospitalized
An employee was climbing up a ladder on a tanker trailer to open the dome lid. He was 3 to 4 steps up when he fell backward off the ladder and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with bleeding in the brain.
Other fall to lower level · Brain · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 23, 2021 · Nordstrom Oakbrook Center Hospitalized
While walking on the sales floor, an employee tripped and fell sustaining a fractured right hip.
Fall on same level due to tripping over self · Hip(s) · Retail
Feb 25, 2020 · Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC Hospitalized
While washing the inside of the walk-in cooler, an employee slipped on ice and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a back injury and a cut on an eyebrow.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Hotels and restaurants
May 30, 2019 · Hinsdale Nurseries Hospitalized
An employee was in a truck loading a wheelbarrow when the employee slipped and fell off the truck to the ground, suffering a head contusion.
Other fall to lower level · Head · Wholesale trade
Aug 14, 2018 · Pepper Construction Company Hospitalized
While removing a plywood floor cover on a flat roof, an employee fell through an opening in the roof. The employee fell onto a scissor lift guardrail, suffering a lacerated liver.
Fall through surface or existing opening · Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction · OSHA inspection 1338461
Oct 24, 2016 · Club Demonstration Services Hospitalized
On October 24, 2016, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was standing behind the demonstration stable serving customers sample candy when the employee fainted, injuring their right elbow and back.
Fall on same level (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Professional and technical services
Sep 8, 2015 · STCR Acquisition, LLC Hospitalized
An employee sustained second and third degree burns while attempting to clean a flat-top grill with combustible liquid.
Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Nonclassifiable · Hotels and restaurants
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 Oak Brook
Lawbamba lists 7 workers compensation lawyers with an office in Oak Brook, Illinois, the practice area that deals with the workplace injury and OSHA inspection records on this page. These 4 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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