LKQ Pick Your Part - Aurora

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

An employee was conducting torching operations using oxygen and propane to cut metal beams within the recycling laydown area. The employee used a hose with an air chuck connection to fill up the yard pickup truck's back tire with oxygen. The tire blew up which caused the oxygen to ignite. The employee sustained fractures, internal injuries, burns, and lacerations.

On April 22, 2025, an employee was loading a transmission onto the truck. He went to manually adjust the forks of a sit-down forklift when the transmission fell. The employee's right middle finger got caught between the concrete and the fork, resulting in traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx.

An employee was in the back of a delivery truck when a pickup truck struck the delivery truck. The employee contacted the side wall of the delivery truck and sustained a head injury.

An employee was moving a metal crate of unstable product on a rack so that it could be removed, when the crate became dislodged and fell. The crate struck his left ankle and his lower leg was fractured.

A salvage vehicle was on a front-end loader/forklift with the forks completely down. The operator got out of the loader to retrieve something from the salvage vehicle when the forks on the front-end loader began to lift the vehicle up while he was in it. He went to step out of the vehicle and fell five to six feet to the dirt pad below. The employee sustained fractured hip and pelvic bones.

An employee was delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.