Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Anixter, Inc., 11614 S. Austin Ave., ALSIP, ILLINOIS 60803
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was walking near a machine that was in operation when he noticed a loose wire on a large reel as the reel was rotating. The employee was caught by the loose wire causing the reel to flip the employee over and onto the ground resulting in a concussion and whiplash to his body and neck.
An employee was reversing an electric pallet jack and backed into the corner of a storage rack. She suffered a fractured ankle, requiring hospitalization.
An employee had climbed onto warehouse racking and stepped off the racking onto a pallet that was being carried by a forklift. The pallet broke and the employee fell 9 feet with the pallet falling on top of him resulting in fractured vertebrae and 10 stitches.
An employee was operating the shrink wrap machine. As he was lowering the stretch wrap to the bottom of a pallet, his left ring finger was caught by the spinning plate that the pallet was sitting on. His finger then became caught in the machine and was amputated.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
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.