Severe Workplace Injuries in Palatine, Illinois
Employers in Palatine reported 21 severe work injuries to OSHA from 2015 through November 2025: 16 workers hospitalized and 5 amputations (24% of reports). Transportation and warehousing accounts for the most reports. OSHA opened an inspection after 6 of them.
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How workers were hurt
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OSHA inspections in Palatine since 2015
Workplace safety inspectors opened 170 inspections at Palatine workplaces, and 118 of them (69%) ended with at least one violation. Inspectors cited 227 serious, 5 willful and 35 repeat violations, with current penalties totaling $1,071,303.
Rules cited most often:
Recent inspections with penalties
| Employer | Violations | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Tjt Construction Services, Inc. (other, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $2,500 |
| R.A.C Corp. (other, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $25,537 |
| Shr Construction Inc. (other, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $4,256 |
| Ejr Services, Inc. (other, details) | 3 (3 serious+) | $4,500 |
| Arlington Exteriors Inc. (other, details) | 2 (2 serious+) | $10,000 |
| Martin Araujo DBA Araujo Construction Corp., (other, details) | 10 (9 serious+) | $123,996 |
| Arlington Exteriors Inc. (complaint, details) | 4 (4 serious+) | $22,000 |
| Abbey Construction Co., Inc. (referral, details) | 3 (2 serious+) | $11,916 |
| Valdex Construction Corp (planned, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $1,800 |
| Witman Plumbing Inc. (planned, details) | 8 (7 serious+) | $31,466 |
| New Albertsons Inc. DBA Jewel Food Stores, Inc. (complaint, details) | 1 (1 serious+) | $5,000 |
| Gxp Roofing, PLLC (planned, details) | 2 (2 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 Palatine employers, as OSHA published them.
Nov 7, 2025 · United Parcel Service, Inc. Amputation
An employee was pulling one bulk shipping cart away from another when his left thumb was pinched between the two carts. He suffered a fingertip amputation.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Feb 10, 2025 · Greencastle of Palatine Hospitalized
An employee was climbing down a two-step ladder when they missed the first step and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip joint(s) · Real estate and rental
Jul 10, 2024 · UPS Ground Freight, Inc. Amputation
An employee was loading packages into a trailer. They were pushing in the roller assembly when it became unlatched from the dock. As the roller set moved away from the dock, employee's left little finger got pinched between the hand bar of the rollers and a stationary bar. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Feb 6, 2023 · UPS Amputation
An employee was moving packages from a line. An irregular metal package with nylon mesh on it came down the slide and crushed the employee's finger, causing a partial amputation including the loss of the nail.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 23, 2021 · Weber-Stephen Products LLC Hospitalized
A forklift struck an employee from behind as it backed up. The employee suffered a broken left leg.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1539072
Apr 9, 2021 · Lea Heating & Air Conditioning CO., INC. Hospitalized
An employee was climbing down an extension ladder. The employee fell to the grass about 8 to 10 feet below, suffering a broken left elbow.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Elbow(s) · Construction
Feb 1, 2021 · UPS Ground Freight, Inc. Hospitalized
An employee was walking to his vehicle during his lunch break when he slipped in the snow and fell to the ground, tearing a ligament in his left knee.
Fall on same level due to slipping · Knee(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Dec 4, 2020 · UPS Amputation
An employee's left middle finger was caught between a slide and a roller bar. The fingertip was amputated.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Sep 19, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
A maintenance employee was trying to clear a mail jam from a machine when the conveyor pulled his right arm into the machine. He suffered a broken humerus bone to his right arm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Upper arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Jun 19, 2019 · U.S. Postal Service Amputation
An employee was at a dock operating a high-low forklift when a bulk mail cart (BMC) started rolling towards him. He extended his right arm in an attempt to stop the BMC and his right middle finger was pinched between the BMC and his forklift, resulting in an amputation to the finger.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1424481
Feb 27, 2019 · Target Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was climbing down a ladder in a storeroom when he fell to the floor, breaking his right leg.
Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1406317
Feb 12, 2019 · Allied Air Conditioning & Heating Corporation Hospitalized
An employee was climbing a ladder to retrieve some tools on location at a job. The employee slipped, lost his balance, and fell to the ground breaking both of his legs.
Other fall to lower level · Leg(s) · Construction
Jun 13, 2018 · WSP Holdings Co. dba Weber-Stephen Products Co. Hospitalized
An employee was walking into work, tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and fell resulting in a fracture and a torn ligament in the left elbow.
Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Elbow(s) · Manufacturing
Sep 21, 2017 · WEBER-STEPHEN PRODUCTS, LLC Hospitalized
An employee began to feel ill, suffering leg and arm cramps, fatigue, and lightheadedness. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing
Feb 21, 2017 · UPS Ground Freight, Inc. Hospitalized
On February 21, 2017, at approximately 9:35 p.m., two employees were moving bulk carts. The injured employee's left hand was pinched between the two carts, resulting in a crushing injury that required surgery and hospitalization.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Hand(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 30, 2016 · New Albertson's, Inc. Hospitalized
On 8/30/16, an employee was delivering product to the store and suffered serious injury to his left thumb when backing up a powered pallet jack into the freezer and striking his thumb on the locking mechanism on the door.
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Transportation and warehousing
Aug 3, 2016 · Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Hospitalized
After stocking a shelf, an employee fell while descending a 4-foot step ladder, fracturing the left leg/knee.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Leg(s) · Retail
Nov 5, 2015 · Metro Staffing Hospitalized
An employee was walking in the aisle and was struck by a forklift transporting a tool die injuring the right forearm, hand and leg.
Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Upper and lower limb(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1105508
Jul 18, 2015 · U.S. Postal Service Hospitalized
An employee was struck by a forklift.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Nonclassifiable · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1079911
Apr 13, 2015 · Roundy's Super Market dba Mariano's Fresh Market Hospitalized
An employee's fingers were crushed while reaching into a hamburger patty machine.
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) (other) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1057571
Jan 28, 2015 · United Parcel Service, Inc. Hospitalized
Employee fell during the performance of pick-off work at the facility.
Fall on same level · Nonclassifiable · Transportation and warehousing
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.
Personal injury lawyers in Palatine
Lawbamba lists 5 personal injury lawyers with an office in Palatine, 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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