Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Total Grain Marketing, LLC, 401 E Madison St, TOLEDO, ILLINOIS 62468
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working from a ladder to seal a grain bin door. The employee fell from the ladder and fractured his right foot.
On October 5, 2024, a crew was staging the last string of railcars to be loaded when the injured employee stepped forward and tripped on a railroad tie, causing his right foot to be on the rail. A staged railcar rolled forward and caught his foot between the wheel and the rail. The employee was hospitalized for amputations to toes.
On November 1, 2023, four employees had just adjusted a conveyor belt from the top of a grain bin. The conveyor belt was then energized and caught an employee's right arm/hand and caused a fractured/dislocated right ulna, tears to tendons in the forearm, and required a skin graft.
On April 12, 2023, an employee was pulling a stack of metal connecting sheets off the forks of a skid steer and stacking them on a trailer. After pulling a stack of 6-7 sheets off, the sheets shifted and the metal edge went into the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation above the top knuckle.
On July 1, 2020, an employee was sweeping soy beans and cleaning up the flat storage facility when the employee slipped on spilled beans and fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a hip fracture, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose their balance and fall. The employee landed on the ground 14 feet below and suffered fractures to the orbital bone, left elbow, and lower back.
An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.
An employee had been cleaning a grain bin. He walked across the bin and his left foot contacted an unguarded floor auger, resulting in severe lacerations to the foot. The auger was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
On September 23, 2025, an employee was monitoring a feed roller when they tripped and their right hand contacted the roller. The employee was hospitalized and their right hand was amputated at the wrist.
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.