Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Heat exhaustion, fatigue
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Louis Glunz Beer, Inc., 7100 N Capitol Drive, LINCOLNWOOD, ILLINOIS 60712
on — Heat exhaustion, fatigue, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was working on the dock unloading a truck when he became dizzy and ill. The employee was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.
An employee was helping another driver lift a keg from off a truck. The keg fell, crushing the employee's left hand between the keg and the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture and contusions to their left hand.
On October 7, 2025, employee was installing mulch with a landscape crew. At around 2:15 PM, the employee took a break and started to feel cramping/pain. The employee was taken to the hospital with rhabdomyolysis due to heat exhaustion.
A temporary employee was on top of a cane wagon, throwing cane down to the ground (i.e., planting). He reached the end of the field row and started to feel ill. He experienced cramping and headaches due to heat exhaustion.
An employee was riding a pallet jack when it slid on a wet spot. When he went to jump off, his right foot was caught between the machine and the warehouse curb. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to his right heel.
On November 6, 2024, an employee was loading a portable hand truck with cases of beverages into the back of his truck. While exiting the truck, he slipped and fell on the ramp and the hand truck struck his pelvis, causing lacerations and bruises. The employee was hospitalized.
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.