105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

E.J. Basler Co.

Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Crushing injuries

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at E.J. Basler Co., 9511 Ainslie Street, SCHILLER PARK, ILLINOIS 60176 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.

An employee was moving a bundle of solid brass rods with an overhead crane. After being set on the floor, the bundle separated; rods rolled onto the employee's feet, crushing them.

Hospitalized Foot (feet), unspecified Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural

E.J. Basler Co.

An employee was holding a part to deburr it on a drill machine when the employee's gloved hand became caught in the drill, resulting in amputations to two fingers.

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Tower Extrusions Olney

An employee was collecting trash when they were struck by a rolling utility trailer. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.

Richard E. Pierson Construction Co., Inc.

An employee was unrigging steel when an 8-inch by 50-foot, 4,875-pound piece of steel rolled onto their left leg, resulting in a fracture.

FedEx Ground

An employee was connecting a dolly to a trailer. The equipment rolled away, causing the employee's left index finger to be crushed between the trailer and the dolly. The employee sustained amputation of the fingertip.

KRFD Amazon Rockford

On October 17, 2023, at 9:55 p.m., an employee was working on a ramp while moving merchandise from a cargo loader to a dolly. The employee was putting the locks on the dolly and transferring a unit load device containing packages when she realized the lock was in the down position. As she attempted to fix the lock, the unit load device started moving toward the dolly, and the employee became wedged between the dolly and the device. The employee suffered an injury to her lower left leg.

Williams Erection Company

Two employees were shaking out steel beams and standing them vertically. One beam was hit, causing the other beams to fall. A beam then rolled over an employee's left shin and fractured it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

R&R Tool, Inc.

An employee was using a foot-pedal-operated shear press. While the employee was adjusting material in the press, it activated and crushed their left ring fingertip, resulting in an amputation.

Samuel Son & Company Inc.

An employee was tightening a bolt on a brass plate located on top of a die when the ram block underneath the press contacted their right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation. The ram block was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Natoli Engineering Company Inc.

An employee was cutting a 3-inch round stock on a miter saw and amputated his fingertip.

Thomson Linear, LLC

An employee was loading a steel bar into a thread-rolling machine. The employee attempted to reposition the bar when it started spinning and caught his left glove. The employee's thumb was pulled into the feed table roller, resulting in fractures to the left thumb, wrist, and forearm.

TRUMPF, INC.

A commercial jet aircraft crashed into the northwest corner of the facility and a fire resulted. An employee inside the facility sustained burns to his head, neck, and back.

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.