PARIS, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at North American Lighting, Inc., 2275 S Main St, PARIS, ILLINOIS 61944 on — Fractures , affecting the Toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
On July 18, 2024, at 1:09 a.m. in the receiving dock area an employee was pushing a trash can toward the compactor as a forklift was operating in reverse. The forklift struck the employee's left foot causing three toe fractures, including an open fracture of the big toe. The injured employee was hospitalized.
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SALEM, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
An employee was retrieving empty plastic totes from a material storage area. The totes weighed 7.5 pounds and measured 15 inches in width, 24 inches in length, and 7 inches in height. The employee tripped over conveyor rails and fell on his left side onto the concrete floor, resulting in hospitalization with a ruptured quadricep tendon in his right knee.
FLORA, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
On July 22, 2024, at approximately 11:15 AM, an employee was moving an air conditioning unit on the roof when their right middle finger became caught between the bottom of the unit's frame and the roof curb frame. The employee sustained an amputation to the fingertip.
PARIS, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
At about 3:00 a.m. on November 14, 2020, an employee was checking a molding machine containing seized-up material. As he opened the machine's door and looked down, the molding material gassed off and blew into his face. He suffered facial burns, as well as splatters on the neck and hands, and was hospitalized,
PARIS, ILLINOIS—
North American Lighting, Inc.
An employee walked to the back of the assembly line to sign off on the completion of the fail-safe process. When they were returning to the front side of the assembly line, the employee stepped inside the frame of a finished goods cart and tripped, striking their head and right shoulder against the cart and the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a head laceration and a dislocated right shoulder.
PARIS, ILLINOIS—
NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC.
On June 24, 2019, an employee was hooking up carts to his tugger when he tried to turn around and lost his balance, falling to the floor. He suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right hip, requiring hospitalization.
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