Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Accord Carton Co., 6155 West 115th Street, ALSIP, ILLINOIS 60803
on — Amputations, affecting the nonclassifiable.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An semi-truck was backing into a loading dock when it struck an employee who was walking on the bay floor. The trailer pinned the employee against the dock bumper. The employee suffered crushing injuries and was hospitalized.
Employees were unloading a box truck using a stand-up lift with pallet fork extenders. As the stand-up lift traveled up an incline, it struck a parked sit-down lift and the injured employee's left ankle was pinched between the lifts, resulting in lacerations and an ankle fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee had just replaced a belt on a silo blower. While the employee was testing the blower by manually turning the belt, the belt and pulley caught the employee's fingertip. The fingertip was amputated.
An employee was setting up the coding station on a piece of equipment when they took a step back and tripped on a guard that was on the floor. The employee fell onto one leg, resulting in a left hip fracture. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.