Effingham, IL

Employers with the most severe injuries in Effingham

Example incidents

• The Sherwin-Williams Company EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS · 2025-10-08 · Collision with stationary object, nonroadway

  An employee was operating a reach truck. They were driving down an aisle in a warehouse when the equipment malfunctioned and lost throttle control. The reach truck struck a stationary rack. The employee sustained fractures to both lower extremities, which required surgery.

• John Boos and Co. EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS · 2024-10-11 · Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet

  An employee was using a forklift to dump a trash barrel into a dumpster. He raised the barrel with the forklift forks to clear the dumpster's edge, then stopped and stood up to get a better view. His head struck the outside bar of the forklift's upper safety rack, causing him to lose consciousness. He then fell to the concrete ground below and landed on the left side of his face. He suffered a broken neck vertebra, a scalp laceration, and scrapes to the left side of his face.

• Siemer Milling Company EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS · 2024-07-08 · Exposure to environmental heat indoor

  On July 8, 2024, an employee was sweeping flour out of tank railcars when he became ill and experienced cramping. The employee was hospitalized with heat stress and dehydration.

• John Boos & Company EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS · 2022-06-22 · Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

  An employee was working to clear a board that was stuck in a planer. He was on the conveyor when the planer turned on and his left foot got caught in the rollers, which pulled his left leg into the machine. The employee's leg was crushed.

• Whelan Security Co EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS · 2021-09-21 · Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving

  While assisting hospital staff with a combative patient, an employee was struck in the eye by the patient's hand/fist. The employee sustained a contusion to the face and injury to the eye.

• John Boos & Co. EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS · 2021-09-14 · Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.

  An employee was repairing the lift assist on a dock lock system. The block used to support the frame came loose and caused the frame to fall, hitting the employee's left bicep and causing a partial amputation to a finger on the employee's left hand.

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