Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Heat and Control, Inc., 1721 State Highway 164, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS 61401
on — Injuries to internal organs, major blood vessels unspecified , affecting the Abdomen unspecified.
Final narrative
On September 4, 2024, an employee was lifting a 4-inch x 4-inch wood post that was 16 feet long and weighed 50 pounds when they felt a pop in their abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.
An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.
An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 333241)
On July 16, 2025, at 5:20 p.m., an employee in training was cleaning a machine that makes dough balls when the machine turned on and injured three fingers on his right hand, including a fingertip amputation on the middle finger.
An employee was feeding a roller into a pipe polishing machine when his glove was caught by the machine. The abrasive belt caused a 3-4" laceration to the top of his right wrist which exposed bone. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was cleaning a chicken neck skinning machine when they noticed chicken skin was stuck on a piece of the machinery. The employee removed the piece of excess skin and their left index finger got caught in the equipment, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
An employee was running diagnostics on a machine when he slipped on dust in the surrounding area. As he caught himself, his finger was caught between the machine's moving chain and sprocket. His right index fingertip was amputated.
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.