Severe Workplace Injuries in Peoria, Illinois

Nov 12, 2025 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Amputation

An employee working in a mill was starting a payoff block on a galvanize frame, assisting the wire paying off the flyer arm. The wire snagged and pulled back up into the block, pulling the employee's left hand into the first stage of horizontal sheaves on the payoff block and amputating his middle finger.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1860014

Oct 19, 2025 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Amputation

An employee was working to close a furnace door. The hydraulic mechanism that opens and closes the furnace door was non-operational and had been disconnected to allow the furnace door to be opened manually. As the employee was releasing the pins that held the door open, the door and the hydraulic cylinder fell, pinching their left hand between the hydraulic cylinder's base plate and the furnace. The employee suffered amputation of the little fingertip.

Struck by falling object · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 16, 2025 · JIMAX Landscape LLC Hospitalized

An employee was moving branches and other material when they were struck in the leg by the track of a skid-steer loader, resulting in an ankle and lower leg injury.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Ankle(s) and leg(s) (other) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Aug 13, 2025 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was helping stack scrap wire. A fork truck was setting a carrier of scrap wire on top of another carrier. The scrap wire on the fork truck caught on the second carrier, and the carrier on the forks was pulled off. It struck the employee in the head, causing a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Brain · Manufacturing

Jul 7, 2025 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

On July 7, 2025, at approximately 1:45 AM, an employee was moving vermiculite in a zinc pan with shovel. Molten zinc entered his left boot and caused burns to his shin and the top of his foot.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Foot(feet) and leg(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Apr 9, 2025 · O'Brien Steel Service Co. Hospitalized

An employee was straightening a stack of materials (including steel flats, channels, and beams) on a cart. He was using a crane with a magnet. While he was "locking" the magnet, the crane pulled a 1,400-pound bundle of channel off the stack that struck his left leg. He was hospitalized and required surgery to the leg.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade

Apr 3, 2025 · P.J. Hoerr, Inc. Hospitalized

On April 3, 2025, an employee was throwing scrap drywall out of an opening in the second floor and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left tibia.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Lower leg(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1815886

Mar 18, 2025 · O'Brien Steel Service Co. Amputation

On March 18, 2025, an employee was stacking parts using an overhead crane equipped with an electromagnet when their left ring finger got caught in a pinch point between the parts, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck by suspended or swinging objects (other) · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Wholesale trade

Feb 16, 2025 · Kroger #917 Hospitalized

An employee was walking to her car in the parking lot when she slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Retail

Feb 3, 2025 · Alcast, LLC dba Alcast Company Hospitalized

An employee was operating a mold machine when a pouring ladle that was coated with a water-based paste was submerged in molten aluminum. The moisture caused an explosion, resulting in severe burns over his body.

Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1801999

Nov 15, 2024 · The Loft Rehabilitation of Peoria LLC Hospitalized

On November 15, 2024, an employee was disconnecting a heater unit from a power box and sustained an electrical shock and a burn to the left little finger.

Exposure to electricity · Other finger(s) (other) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1789230

Oct 30, 2024 · The Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

On October 30, 2024, an employee walked into a patient's room. The floor was wet from having been mopped. The employee slipped and fell on the wet floor, sustaining a dislocated left knee.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Knee(s) · Health care and social assistance

May 30, 2024 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was setting a floor plate on strand #2 while a rod in strand #1 cobbled at the break-out box and struck the employee's right foot. The employee sustained a puncture to their foot requiring surgery.

Struck by dislodged or detached object(s) · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 18, 2024 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Amputation

An employee was stringing wire around a drawing block at a wire machine. His left hand became caught between the wire and the drawing block, and he suffered an amputation to the ring fingertip.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 13, 2024 · Vonachen Group, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was buffing the floor. When he stepped back, the buffer's electrical cord wrapped around his leg causing him to fall to the ground and sustain a fractured leg that required surgery.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Leg(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Jan 29, 2024 · O'Brien Steel Service Co. Amputation

An employee was operating a belt grinder/sander to remove slag from the edges of a steel part when the sanding belt contacted the employee's right ring finger and sanded through their protective gloves. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the distal joint and was hospitalized.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Other finger(s) (other) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1725179

Dec 6, 2023 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Amputation

On December 6, 2023, an employee's right hand was on the hinged side of a door jamb when the door closed, resulting in a partial amputation and a fracture to the right little fingertip.

Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 12, 2023 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Amputation

On November 12, 2023, an employee was using a hoist to pick up a carrier loaded with 1,660 pounds of wire. His left index finger was pinched between the hoist's hook and the carrier, and the fingertip was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Oct 23, 2023 · Big Al's - Peoria Strip Club Hospitalized

On October 23, 2023, at approximately 3:00 a.m., a security employee was escorting a customer out of an establishment. The customer then retrieved a gun from his car, went back inside the establishment, and shot the security employee. The employee was hospitalized.

Shooting by other person-intentional · Nonclassifiable · Arts, entertainment and recreation · OSHA inspection 1709877

Sep 9, 2023 · Firestone Complete Auto Care Hospitalized

A customer was driving their car out of the parking lot without paying their bill. The car struck an employee, who ended up on the hood of the vehicle. As the car turned onto the street, the employee was thrown off the hood and sustained a head injury requiring hospitalization.

Intentional injury by other person (other) · Brain · Other services

Jun 29, 2023 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

On June 29, 2023, an employee was working near the edge of the carrier/woody pit located in the rod mill reform area of the plant. The employee removed banding from around compressed steel. Due to the release of tension, the steel pushed the employee, causing him to fall approximately 8 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right heel and required surgery.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Heel(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1681334

Jun 13, 2023 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

On June 13, 2023, an employee was performing castor duties when a bag of molten steel dripped down their right leg and boot, resulting in burns to their right foot and their right index fingertip.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Upper and lower limb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1677221

Feb 9, 2023 · O'Brien Steel Service Co. Hospitalized

On February 9, 2023, an employee was using an overhead crane to remove a bundle of cold finish rounds (steel bars) from a vertical storage pan to place the bundle on a work table for packaging and shipment. The storage pan was on the forks of a forklift parked near the work table. The end of the bundle was raised approximately 3 feet above the pan when the chain slipped off allowing the bundle to fall back into the pan. This caused the pan and bundle to fall off the forklift. The edge of the pan scraped down his shin and landed on his left foot. The employee was hospitalized with a broken foot.

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Foot (feet) · Wholesale trade

Jan 18, 2023 · UnityPoint Health - Methodist Hospital Hospitalized

On January 18, 2023, an employee was putting together a shelving unit. They went to sit down in a chair and the chair moved, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist and ankle.

Fall while sitting · Upper and lower limb(s) · Health care and social assistance

Dec 7, 2022 · Marshalls of IL, LLC Hospitalized

On December 7, 2022, an employee was taking out trash when they stepped between the dock and the dumpster and fell, breaking five ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Retail · OSHA inspection 1640923

Nov 23, 2022 · Alcast Company Hospitalized

On November 23, 2022, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an employee was ladling aluminum from a crucible when molten metal spilled onto their right foot. The employee was hospitalized with third-degree burns.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Oct 27, 2022 · O'Brien Steel Service Co. Amputation

On October 27, 2022, an employee was lowering an overhead crane. The employee's finger was caught between the rope and the block, and the employee suffered a partial finger amputation.

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

Oct 25, 2022 · Illinois Piping Corporation Hospitalized

At about 9:00 a.m. on October 25, 2022, an employee was performing maintenance on the billet pump and deflector in a furnace. When exiting the furnace, the employee fell approximately 13 feet through a floor hole to the concrete below. The employee sustained a fractured right ankle.

Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1631580

May 2, 2022 · Standard Sheet Metal Works, Inc. Amputation

An employee was bending sheet metal in a brake press. The metal bent, and the employee's right thumb was pinched between it and the brake. The thumb tip was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1594235

Feb 21, 2022 · Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

On February 21, 2022, at approximately 1:15 p.m., the injured employee was working in the cleaning department of the wire mill. The employee attempted to rotate a valve handle counterclockwise from the 3 o'clock position to the 12 o'clock position with the intention of draining an acid box. The valve handle broke and caused the employee to lose balance and fall into the acid box approximately three feet away. The employee was fully submerged in the box containing sulfuric acid that was approximately 157 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to a large portion of their body.

Fall to lower level · Multiple body parts · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1580013