Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Estes Express Lines, 2300 Manhattan Road, JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60433
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On March 7, 2022, an employee was standing on pallets strapping in top freight. He lost his footing, fell backward, and grabbed the web wall, which severely lacerated fingers on his right hand.
An employee was inside a trailer, loading freight, when their leg was caught in shrink wrap. The employee fell, resulting in a fracture to their right thigh bone, which required surgery.
On July 11, 2025, a forklift operator was making a U-turn when he was thrown from the forklift and his head struck the pavement. The employee sustained a concussion and was hospitalized.
An employee was inspecting Estes Express equipment on the premises and was struck by a tractor trailer. The employee suffered a broken femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was rigging a hydraulic hoist. The elevator moved up and caused the employee to lose their footing. The employee fell to the same level and suffered a broken ankle and two broken ribs and was hospitalized.
An employee was trying to break a piece of quarter-inch plywood for disposal in a metal dumpster. He propped the piece of plywood against the side of the dumpster and stepped on it. When the plywood snapped, he lost balance and fell striking his head against the side of the metal dumpster, suffering a neck injury and a possible concussion.
At about 4:00 a.m. on March 19, 2022, an employee was using a long bar to unlock a chassis twist lock when he lost his balance and his head struck a railcar. He suffered a head injury.
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An employee had been tarping and securing cargo for transportation on an open deck trailer. He was working outside throughout the day and sustained heat exhaustion requiring hospitalization.
An employee was descending the ladder on a self-loader truck when his right ring finger was lacerated by sharp teeth the ladder has for gripping boots. The employee sustained a severe laceration which resulted in an amputation.
An employee was folding down a ladder to his tanker when it became unsteady and his right index finger became pinched in the ladder. The employee was hospitalized and his fingertip was surgically amputated below the nailbed.
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.