Severe Workplace Injuries in Pekin, Illinois

Sep 15, 2025 · Help at Home Hospitalized

An employee was retrieving their purse and keys when they tripped over a cord and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken arm and five broken ribs.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Trunk and other upper extremities · Health care and social assistance

Aug 5, 2025 · Hoerr Construction, Inc. Hospitalized

On August 5, 2025, at approximately 8:35 AM, an employee was stubbing conduit onto a switchgear cabinet to install a bell end when they contacted a live component in the cabinet. The employee was shocked and sustained burns to their head, arms, and back, requiring hospitalization.

Direct exposure to electricity · Body systems and other part(s) of body · Construction · OSHA inspection 1843451

Aug 2, 2024 · Regal Industrial Midwest, LLC Hospitalized

On August 2, 2024, an employee was clearing brush along a fence line when they came in contact with poison ivy and were hospitalized with an allergic reaction.

Exposure through intact tissue · Body systems · Construction

Jul 22, 2024 · Pacific Ethanol Hospitalized

On July 22, 2024, an employee was at the belt man lift, showing a trainee an area that needed to be cleaned. The employee was mounting the lift to exit the area when they fell through a hole near the opening and landed partially on the access platform for the lift on the ground floor. The employee sustained a rib fracture.

Other fall to lower level · Rib(s), oblique area · Manufacturing

Jan 3, 2024 · Federal Correctional Institution, Pekin Illinois Hospitalized

On January 3, 2024, an employee was assigned to the plumbing department and was working in a drop ceiling in the inmate housing unit. The employee lost his footing and fell off 12-15 feet off an I-beam through the drop ceiling to the concrete floor. The employee suffered fractures to two ribs and their wrist as well as a concussion.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Public administration · OSHA inspection 1719912

Nov 25, 2022 · Menard, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was moving artificial Christmas trees. He was found unconscious on the ground with a head injury, and was hospitalized.

Nonclassifiable · Brain · Retail · OSHA inspection 1636396

Sep 26, 2022 · Hanna Steel Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was loading steel bundles at a production saw. The employee unstrapped one end of the double stack of tube steel while the saw operator was moving the stack at the same time. The bottom bundle fell off the roller conveyor, striking the employee in the pelvic area.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Pelvis · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1625630

Sep 2, 2022 · Alto ICP, LLC Hospitalized

On September 2, 2022, an employee was working near a drum dryer when combustible dust ignited within it. There was a flash fire, and the employee suffered first-degree burns on the face, neck, and arms.

Vehicle or machinery fire · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Jun 11, 2021 · Alto ICP, LLC Hospitalized

On June 11, 2021, an employee developed Legionnaires' disease and was hospitalized.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing

Feb 9, 2021 · Restaurant Equipment Service Group LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using a ladder in order to access the top of a walk-in cooler. The walk-in cooler was outdoors and the conditions were below freezing and icy. The employee slipped and fell approximately 5 feet to the ground, resulting in two fractured bones in the lower half of the right leg.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Lower leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1515797

Aug 23, 2020 · NRG Energy Powerton Generating Station Hospitalized

On August 23, 2020, an employee was checking the pressure on compressed oxygen cylinders used for boiler chemistry control. When the employee opened a cylinder manifold valve, the stainless steel braided hose connecting the cylinder cradle to the pressure gauge failed and whipped around, striking the employee on the back and the left elbow. The employee suffered a 6-inch laceration to the elbow and was hospitalized.

Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld (other) · Elbow(s) · Utilities

May 6, 2020 · FLSmidth Inc. Hospitalized

On May 6, 2020, at approximately 7:45 p.m., an employee stopped a lathe and pulled a nylon strap through the center of a 13-inch long, 8-inch diameter part. The nylon strap was attached to a jib crane, and the employee needed to jog the lathe to lock the chuck. The lathe did not jog and instead began running at operational speed. The employee's gloved right hand was caught between the nylon strap and rotating metal part, resulting in a broken thumb, severed nerves and tendons, and severe tissue damage to the hand.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Hand(s) and finger(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1474938

Jul 19, 2019 · Henkels & McCoy Group, Inc. Amputation

At 5:45 p.m. on July 19, 2019, an employee was using a jib on a bucket truck. He had his left hand on the winch line to help with the slack; when he turned, his left little finger was drawn into the pinch point created by the winch line and spool. He suffered a partial transphalangeal amputation of the left little finger, as well as a fracture to the little finger and ring finger.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Construction

Oct 15, 2018 · WINPAK HEAT SEAL CORPORATION Hospitalized

On October 15, 2018, at approximately 6:30 PM, an employee was loading a product roll when the roll fell and clipped the employee. The employee suffered a deep laceration on the left thigh, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Thigh(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 11, 2016 · Superior Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

On November 11, 2016, an employee was installing a crusher on a test stand when he fell approximately 4 feet from the operator platform to the floor below. He struck and lacerated his head on the side of the stand, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Head · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1191998

Nov 2, 2016 · Eagle Services Corp. Hospitalized

An employee was standing outside a tank that was being cleaned. The cleaning head came out of the tank through the manway and struck the employee causing a laceration to the abdomen and shoulder.

Struck by object or equipment (other) · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Oct 21, 2016 · M.J. ELECTRIC, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was spotting equipment being moved by a rough terrain forklift when the forklift ran over the employee's foot, breaking it.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area · Foot (feet) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1186560

Jun 2, 2016 · Pacific Ethanol Hospitalized

An employee was putting a tote of fermentation additive on a process sump when a chemical reaction occurred and a cloud of chlorine dioxide came out of the sump. When the employee went to shut off the valve, he inhaled the chlorine dioxide and suffered respiratory damage, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Body systems · Manufacturing

Feb 10, 2016 · Hupp Toyotalift Hospitalized

An employee was performing repair activities on a dock leveler when support blocks failed, allowing the dock plate to come down on top of the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebrae and ruptured discs.

Struck by falling object or equipment (other) · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Other services · OSHA inspection 1124647

Apr 11, 2015 · Vadakin Inc Hospitalized

An employee using hoisting equipment to move hydro-blasting equipment was struck in the head when the hoisting equipment broke free, resulting in a concussion and hospitalization.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Brain · Administrative, staffing and waste services