Alton, IL

Employers with the most severe injuries in Alton

Example incidents

• United Parcel Service, Inc. ALTON, ILLINOIS · 2025-07-22 · Exposure to environmental heat outdoor

  On July 22, 2025, at approximately 4:30 a.m. after the previous day's shift, an employee was hospitalized with a kidney injury caused by heat-related illness. The employee had worked several consecutive days delivering packages in high outdoor heat and humidity without cooling gear.

• PYRAMID ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC ALTON, ILLINOIS · 2025-07-09 · Struck by falling object unspecified

  At about 3:40 p.m. on July 9, 2025, an electrician was instructing an apprentice when a cordless hammer drill was knocked from an 8-foot ladder. The drill bit (a 3/16", 6-inch-long masonry bit) punctured the employee's throat. The incident took place during a training activity.

• St. Louis Roofing Company ALTON, ILLINOIS · 2025-02-07 · Other fall to lower level unspecified

  An employee was climbing an extension ladder to an upper roof area. The employee fell from the ladder and suffered fractures to their back and an ankle.

• Republic Services ALTON, ILLINOIS · 2025-01-08 · Fall on same level due to slip or trip

  An employee was walking across the parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.

• D&R Machine Company ALTON, ILLINOIS · 2024-06-25 · Struck by other falling object n.e.c.

  An employee was operating an overhead crane to move a 31" x 27" x 10" piece of machined metal with a hole through the middle weighing approximately 1,350 pounds to prepare for the next welding operation. The material was 16-20" above the ground when the lift strap broke and the material fell onto the employee's lower legs. This caused him to fall backward and the material landed on his left foot. The employee sustained bruising and scraping injuries to the legs from the knees down to the ankle, as well as a foot injury.

• kirby-smith machinery ALTON, ILLINOIS · 2024-01-17 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing

  An employee was working on an excavator track. He was heating a part when hardened grease particulate struck his face, causing his face to contact the bottom side of the moving track. The employee suffered injuries to his eye, nose, and cheek that included lacerations and multiple broken facial bones that required surgery.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.