Roadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rent-A-Center, Inc., 1736 W. Algonuin Rd., ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60005
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
An employee was injured in a motor vehicle accident while performing work related duties.
An employee was operating an ATV down a closed street on the jobsite and crashed. The employee suffered a dislocated shoulder and broken bones in the elbow and thumb requiring surgery.
An employee traveling to Connecticut for business was involved in a motor vehicle accident while riding in a taxi. The employee experienced abdominal pain and was hospitalized.
An employee was working on disassembling and moving a trailer house from a gas well pad. The employee was on the roof of the structure installing flashing. The employee fell to the ground below, sustaining a skull fracture and brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee had been working on the computer at the front desk in the showroom. An argument occurred with another employee and additional people got involved. Gunshots were fired. The employee was shot in the hip and was hospitalized.
An employee was preparing to remove leaf spring bushings on the front drive axle of a tandem axle tractor. After raising the axle with a hydraulic jack, he placed two jack stands under the rear frame rails of the tractor and placed additional jack stands under the front drive axle. He then repositioned himself at the rear of the tractor where he reached for the release valve of the jack to begin lowering the axle (and frame) onto the jack stands. He was in a kneeling position while using his right hand to operate the release valve. His left hand was caught between the lowering frame rail and a jack stand. His left ring and middle fingertips were crushed, resulting in amputations.
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.