Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Heat stroke, syncope
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Negwer Materials, Inc., 101 South Lewis Street, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62704
on — Heat stroke, syncope, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On July 29, 2025, an employee was transporting 10 sheets of drywall on a cart. While walking down a ramp the employee felt discomfort in his calf and then lost consciousness due to heat. The employee sustained severe dehydration and an injury to his calf.
An employee was loading drywall in a basement using a cart. They returned to the cart and began to pull it, when the cart tilted backward toward the employee and landed on their right leg and foot. The employee suffered fractures to their fibula and tibia.
Two employees were delivering construction materials to a school site that was being renovated. An employee climbed a rope that was hanging in the gym and fell breaking an ankle.
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 unloading freight from a truck when a stack of doors fell over and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.
An employee was performing rebar fabrication using a bending machine. The employee's glove became caught in the area where the rebar bend overlaps onto itself. The subsequent bending/cutting caused the two overlapping portions to squeeze together and amputate approximately 1/4" of his left index fingertip.
An employee was building wood detail blocking and a wood member needed to be resized. The employee took the wood member to the table saw and set the fence to the correct size. The employee pressed down on the board to control it when his left little finger contacted the running blade, resulting in an amputation.
An employee was clearing a pipe along a culvert using a motorized plumbing machine. The end of the machine got tangled and stuck in long grass and other debris. The employee went to lift the end of the machine out of the grass and clear the blockage when his hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a partial amputation and open fracture of his left distal phalanx.
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.