Calumet City, IL—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Calumet City, IL

5 severe-injury reports between 2016-05-04 and 2019-11-05, 299 OSHA inspections, and 39 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Calumet City, Illinois.

5Severe injuries

5Hospitalizations

299OSHA inspections

39Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Calumet City

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Apek Incorporated 1 2 Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC 1 3 FP Stores 1 4 Marshalls 1 5 Plastics Color Corporation 1

Example incidents

Marshalls CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS · 2019-11-05 · Fall on same level, unspecified
An employee was standing outside the dressing room when the employee lost footing and fell to the floor, fracturing the right hip and wrist.
FP Stores CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS · 2018-01-16 · Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
An employee was trying to close a baler door with two other employees. The two employees were pulling down on the door while the injured employee was pushing the paper into the baler. The door then pulled closed and pinched the employee's fingertips. The employee suffered two fingertip amputations.
Apek Incorporated CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS · 2017-04-17 · Struck by discharged object or substance
On April 17, 2017, at approximately 3:30 p.m., an employee received an eye injury when he was struck by a nail from a second employee's nail gun.
Enterprise Leasing Company of Chicago, LLC CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS · 2016-11-28 · Other fall to lower level, unspecified
An employee was descending an extension ladder after measuring a sign when it kicked out from under him. He fell and injured his head and knees.
Plastics Color Corporation CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS · 2016-05-04 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On May 4, 2016, at approximately 2:30 pm, an employee noticed that the (powders) raw materials were not going down easily through the mixing chamber (approximately 165 cubic inches) of an extrusion machine fitted with a rotating shaft "rotor" with a maximum speed of 100/500 rpm's. He attempted to clear out the material from the mixing chamber with a putty knife at different speeds (controlled/adjusted by the employee himself) beginning at 460 rpm, then down to 120 rpm, and then up to 130 rpm when his gloved hand (cloth) holding the putty knife was pulled in the mixing chamber. The knife was thrown out and when he pulled his hand out his right thumb and three other fingers on his right hand were amputated.

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