105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

FAIRBURY, ILLINOIS—

Petersen Chevrolet-Buick, Inc.

Struck against stationary object or equipment while rising · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Final narrative

On July 23, 2019, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee was installing new hinge pins on the driver's side door of a truck. He bent down to move the stand arms of the lift, and when he stood back up the adjustment handle of the tool holding the door in place poked/contacted his armpit. Approximately 30 minutes later, the employee reported that it was getting painful and difficult to breathe. The employee was hospitalized for a partially collapsed left lung.

Hospitalized Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders Nonclassifiable

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