Severe Workplace Injuries in Urbana, Illinois

Dec 21, 2024 · Hallmark Cards Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was using a cart with a short ladder on it to retrieve ornaments from the top shelf. The employee was descending the ladder when she missed a step and fell to the floor on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

Other fall to lower level · Thigh(s) · Retail · OSHA inspection 1795101

Oct 25, 2024 · OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center Hospitalized

On October 25, 2024, at approximately 7:30 PM, an employee was walking in a hallway near the phlebotomy lab when they tripped and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

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

Nov 29, 2023 · Three Phase Line Construction Hospitalized

On November 29, 2023, a digger derrick truck pulled an existing utility pole vertically out of the ground. After maneuvering the pole around an obstruction, the base of the pole was lowered. The operator of the digger derrick then released the pole tongs on top of the pole to begin lowering the pole to the ground using the winch line. As the pole approached the position where the chain would be readjusted to a center balance position, the pole kicked out at the base, striking an employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their tibia and fibula.

Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Oct 22, 2023 · United Natural Foods, Inc Hospitalized

On October 22, 2023, an employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle when his foot got caught between the vehicle and a guardrail. The employee sustained a fractured foot and ankle that required surgery.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Foot (feet) and ankle(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1706946

Feb 22, 2023 · Peoria Charter Coach Company Hospitalized

On February 22, 2023, an employee was directing a charter bus into the wash bay area to be cleaned when their left arm was pinned between the bus and a cement pole. The employee sustained an injury to the left arm.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing · OSHA inspection 1653638

Sep 19, 2022 · Illini FS Tire Shop Hospitalized

On September 19, 2022, an employee was seating a tractor tire on a rim when the side wall gave out at about 30 pounds per square inch (psi), and the rim struck the employee's left hip. The employee sustained a bruised left hip with a broken blood vessel.

Struck by discharged or flying object · Hip(s) · Other services

Mar 14, 2022 · The Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

At about 11:30 a.m. on March 14, 2022, an employee was preparing to move a patient to a new location. The employee tripped over cords or tubes leading to the dialysis machine being used to treat the patient, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken right hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1584348

Feb 21, 2022 · UNFI DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, LLC Hospitalized

On February 21, 2022, an employee was standing on the forks of a pallet jack to retrieve an empty pallet from a chest-high stack of pallets. The employee stepped backward, tripped over the fork, and fell. The empty pallet landed on the employee's right leg, causing an injury that required hospitalization and surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Lower leg(s) · Wholesale trade

Sep 22, 2021 · The Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

On September 22, 2021, an employee was pulling a box of pillows across the floor when they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Pelvis · Health care and social assistance

Nov 9, 2020 · Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

On November 9, 2020, an employee suffered an allergic reaction to latex in the strap of goggles they were cleaning. The employee was hospitalized.

Exposure to other harmful substances · Body systems · Health care and social assistance

Nov 3, 2020 · Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

At about 1:40 p.m. on November 3, 2020, an employee slipped on a wet floor in a hospital hallway, fell to the floor, and suffered a broken left kneecap.

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

Sep 2, 2020 · UNFI Specialty Distribution Services Hospitalized

On 9/02/2020, at 12:10 PM, an employee was picking a case in an aisle behind a high-lift forklift. The forklift backed up and caught the employee against the rack. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1492311

Jul 8, 2020 · Champaign Asphalt Company, LLC Hospitalized

On July 8, 2020, an employee began cramping and vomiting at the end of a shift doing concrete work. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1483610

May 22, 2020 · Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

On May 22, 2020, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was working in a lab drive-through shed when she sprayed a wasp with wasp spray. The wasp started to chase her, so she ran. While running, she tripped and fell in the parking lot, fracturing both wrists.

Fall on same level due to tripping · Wrist(s) · Health care and social assistance

May 20, 2020 · Cunningham Children's Home Circle Academy Urbana Amputation

On May 20, 2020, at approximately 7:15 PM, an employee was removing an aggressive client to a seclusion room when the client kicked the seclusion room door. The door slammed on the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation of her right middle fingertip.

Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown · Fingertip(s) · Health care and social assistance

Apr 22, 2020 · United Natural Foods, Inc Hospitalized

On April 22, 2020, an employee was attempting to climb into a jockey truck when the employee reached for the grab bar and missed, causing a loss of balance. The employee fell backwards, striking the elbow on the jockey's steel platform and resulting in a left elbow laceration, torn bicep, and torn tricep, which required stitches, surgical muscle repair, and hospitalization.

Other fall to lower level · Upper arm(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Apr 4, 2020 · CUNNINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOME OF URBANA, ILLINOIS Amputation

At about 1:00 p.m. on April 4, 2020, an employee was removing a patient to a seclusion room. The patient kicked a door, which slammed on the employee's fingers. The employee's right middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown (other) · Fingertip(s) · Educational services

Nov 21, 2019 · UNFI Specialty Distribution Services Hospitalized

On November 21, 2019, an employee was mounting a center-ride double pallet jack. The pallet jack moved in reverse and the employee's leg was crushed between the pallet jack and a safety post. The employee's leg sustained internal damage that required surgery.

Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Leg(s) · Wholesale trade · OSHA inspection 1447792

Oct 17, 2019 · Plastic Container Corporation Amputation

On October 17, 2019, an employee was using a shrink wrap machine to wrap cardboard boxes of plastic bottles on a pallet when his right thumb was caught in the wrapping process, causing a soft tissue amputation.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Finger(s), fingernail(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1447769

Sep 25, 2019 · The Carle Foundation Hospital Hospitalized

An employee was riding a company owned shuttle bus from the hospital building to a personal vehicle located in the company parking lot. The employee slipped on the steps while exiting the shuttle bus and fell. The employee was hospitalized for a right hip fracture that required surgery.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Hip(s) · Health care and social assistance · OSHA inspection 1435120

Jul 8, 2019 · Hayward Baker, Inc. Hospitalized

At about 11:45 a.m. on July 8, 2019, an employee was working with a crane operator to flip a sheet of steel piling with two shakeout hooks hung from the crane. While the sheet of piling was being lifted, a hook became dislodged and struck the employee in the right leg, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Jun 27, 2019 · GUARDIAN WEST A DIVISION OF FLEX-N-GATE Amputation

An employee was helping a flatbed semi driver receive a load. The employee had cut banding on 3 rolled coils of metal. The coils shifted, causing one of them to fall onto the employee. The employee's right leg had to be surgically removed below the knee. The employee also suffered fractures to the left ankle and right wrist.

Struck by falling object or equipment · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 6, 2019 · Growmark, Inc. Hospitalized

On March 6, 2019, an employee was working from the third or fourth step of a ladder, installing steel on a horse barn. The employee slipped and fell to the ground, suffering a broken wrist and arm, and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Wrist(s) and arm(s) · Construction · OSHA inspection 1383888

Jul 28, 2018 · Blager Concrete Company Hospitalized

On July 28, 2018, a concrete truck driver was climbing the ladder attached to his truck when he fell to the ground, breaking his ribs. He was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level · Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1340601

Apr 2, 2018 · Housing Authority of Champaign County- Steer Place Hospitalized

A maintenance employee was walking when he fell on some ice and struck his head, suffering swelling and bleeding that required hospitalization.

Fall on same level · Brain · Health care and social assistance

Nov 8, 2017 · CVS Health Hospitalized

On November 8, 2017, around noon, an employee was walking to clock in when she lost her balance and fell against the brick wall of the building, breaking her left shoulder and requiring surgery.

Fall on same level (other) · Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) · Retail

Jun 6, 2017 · A & R Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was hospitalized for possible dehydration.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Construction

Dec 18, 2016 · Brookdale Urbana Hospitalized

While exiting a car, an employee slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot, fracturing the left hip.

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

Dec 13, 2016 · GUARDIAN WEST A DIVISION OF FLEX-N-GATE Hospitalized

An employee was walking around the back of a vehicle to use his ID to raise the employee entry gate when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground. He broke his right tibia and fibula as a result of the fall.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 24, 2016 · Clearly Windows Hospitalized

An employee was washing windows on a hospital overpass when he was struck by a pick-up truck travelling approximately 55 mph.

Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway · Nonclassifiable · Administrative, staffing and waste services · OSHA inspection 1181183