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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Hennig, Inc.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hennig, Inc., 9904 North Alpine Road, MACHESNEY PARK, ILLINOIS 61115 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the multiple face locations.

An employee was cutting a weld out of a roof panel when the cutting wheel became pinched between two sections of metal. The grinder spun and kicked back toward the employee, its disk striking her in the face. She suffered a laceration across the nose and on both cheeks.

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Using a crane, an employee set a fuel tank down on jack stands. He unhooked the rigging on the north side of the tank. He turned around and stepped away from the tank while using the crane control to raise the hoist hooks. The rigging on the south end of the tank was still attached to the crane. The tank slid on the jack stands and struck the employee on the back of his legs and knocked him to the floor. The tank came to rest on his feet. The employee sustained bruised feet and a sprained tendon in the left foot.

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An employee was operating a press machine that bends and forms sheet metal when their right middle fingertip was amputated.

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Mako Contracting, LLC

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

East Penn Manufacturing

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

Ash Brothers Fireplace and Chimney Co

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

RPM & Associates Inc

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Tenaris Hickman

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

An employee was pulling a steel parts handcart when its wheels caught on something and locked up. The cart fell backward. The cart handle struck the middle of the employee's right foot, breaking bones. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Jamestown Metal Marine Sales, Inc.

An employee was cutting wood with a circular saw. The saw kicked back, and its blade cut three fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in an amputation.

Architectural Metal Solutions, Inc.

An employee was installing a door from an A-frame ladder. He fell from the ladder, landed on his feet about 8 feet below, and suffered a broken tibia.

Spectrum Lighting, Inc.

An employee was leaving the building at the end of the day when she missed a step and fell, fracturing her right foot.

Metal Zinc, LLC

Two employees were running a CNC folder machine. The injured employee went to adjust the metal and the machine came down, crushing her forearms. Her left arm was fractured and both arms required stitches.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

Great Dane Ltd. Partnership

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.

Olympia Food Industries Inc.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

AbbVie Inc.

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.

TSA Processing - Montgomery

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.