OSHA Injury Report: Chicago Heights, IL

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Power washing under the conveyor.

What happened

The Sanitation employee was attempting to power wash under the dump conveyor. The dump conveyor sits after the oven outfeed conveyor and functions to dump rejected product in this case pizza crusts off the line onto an offset conveyor to move the rejects off the line. While she was cleaning in another nearby room Maintenance techs were performing routine maintenance on conveyor of the spiral freezer which must be activated for inspection of the belt. When the Maintenance techs stopped the spiral freezer belt by pulling the cord E-stop this caused the dump conveyor to drop which is its proper functioning but in this case [REDACTED] 's body was in the line of fire of the dropping conveyor and its frame and she was caught between them. It was later discovered that [REDACTED] had failed to attach the dump conveyor 's safety chains which would have prevented it from dropping in this scenario.

Injury or illness

Multiple crushing injuries to trunk.

Object or substance involved

Dump conveyor.

Summary line

Trunk crushed between conveyor and frame

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.