CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS—
Sloan Implement Company, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sloan Implement Company, Inc., 25081 Henderson Rd, CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS 62626 on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was servicing a corn planter and became pinned underneath a tractor hitch while kneeling on the ground. The employee suffered a broken leg, bruised ribs and a bruised lung.
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CISCO, ILLINOIS—
Sloan Implement Company, Inc.
On October 26, 2021, an employee was working on a combine. While exiting the cab of the combine, the employee squatted down to see the front of the combine. The employee then felt pain in their lower back. The employee was hospitalized with a slipped disc in the lower back.
MONROE, WISCONSIN—
Sloan Implement Company Inc.
An employee lost his balance while securing lawn mowers on a flatbed trailer. He grabbed one of the lawn mower hoods to prevent himself from falling. The hood flipped up and the employee fell 3 to 6 feet onto his back. He suffered bruising to his back and knees and was hospitalized.
ATWOOD, ILLINOIS—
Sloan Implement Company, Inc.
On September 14, 2018, an employee was repairing a combine feeder house from a stepstool when the employee fell approximately 24 inches onto the concrete floor and broke the right hip.
VIRDEN, ILLINOIS—
Sloan Implement Company, Inc.
On 02/16/2017, at approximately 10:50 a.m., an employee tripped on the door threshold while entering a parts stockroom through an outside entrance. The employee stumbled forward and landed awkwardly, breaking a bone in the left upper leg and requiring surgery.
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