Lincoln, IL

Employers with the most severe injuries in Lincoln

Example incidents

• Del Norte Harvesting LLC LINCOLN, ILLINOIS · 2024-11-14 · Vehicle struck by falling or flying object(s), nonroadway

  An employee was reversing a forklift in the warehouse when the lift struck a stack of boxes. The boxes fell onto the protection cage of the forklift and the employee's left little finger was crushed, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip.

• JDRC Managed Services LLC LINCOLN, ILLINOIS · 2024-10-02 · Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet

  On October 2, 2024, at approximately 9:15 AM, an employee was hanging drywall when the scaffold planking shifted and they fell about 69 inches from the scaffold to the carpet-covered concrete floor. The employee struck their head on the floor and was hospitalized with a laceration to the front of their head that required stitches.

• Burtonview Co-op LINCOLN, ILLINOIS · 2023-06-23 · Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet

  On June 23, 2023, an employee was loading a truck with corn. Seeing that a gate was open and spilling out grain, the employee began climbing a fixed ladder on the grain silo to close the gate manually. The employee fell from the ladder about 10 to 15 feet up, landing on the ground below and suffering two broken wrists, a back strain, and a contusion to the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

• Christian Homes, Inc. LINCOLN, ILLINOIS · 2019-02-25 · Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional

  On February 24, 2019, an employee was assisting a resident and fell. The employee's leg was caught between the resident, mattress and floor resulting in a fractured tibia.

• Comcast of Illinois/Indiana/Ohio, LLC LINCOLN, ILLINOIS · 2018-07-26 · Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet

  An employee was performing maintenance on a service drop line from an extension ladder when the employee fell between 15 and 20 feet from the ladder to the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae and a punctured lung.

• FedEx LINCOLN, ILLINOIS · 2017-06-14 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet

  An employee missed the last step while getting out of the cab of a truck and fell to the ground, tearing the right quadriceps.

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