Stepped on object · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at White Lodging Services Corporation, 26325 N Riverwoods Blvd, METTAWA, ILLINOIS 60045
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
While walking the grounds, an employee stepped on a metal stake used to hold down landscape blanketing. The employee's right foot was impaled.
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More severe injuries at White Lodging Services Corporation
On or about 1/4/15 at 6:05 pm, an employee was preparing to clean a room and put a door stopper at the room door. The stopper slipped catching her hand between the door and its frame resulting in the amputation of her left index finger. Employee was taken to the hospital to reattach the finger.
On May 22, 2023, an employee was working as a framer and knelt on a nail that was on the ground. The nail penetrated his knee and entered the bone. He was hospitalized.
An employee was stepping down from one level to another, about 10 inches below, when he lost his balance and stepped on a protruding 3/8-inch rod. The rod punctured the sole of his right foot.
An employee was carrying a box of screws. The box flipped over and screws fell to the floor. One of them punctured his bootheel and the bottom of his right foot.
An employee was walking on the loading dock when a nail entered the sole of his shoe and punctured his foot. The employee sustained an infection and was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 721110)
An employee was checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
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An employee was entering a doorway on the seventeenth floor of an enclosed building when the door closed on his left index finger, crushing it. The fingertip was amputated.
A restroom stall door swung open, bounced back at the employee, and the coat hook on the door impaled his left eye. He was hospitalized, requiring 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.