Chicago, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Bridgford Foods Processing Corporation
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Bridgford Foods Processing Corporation in Chicago, IL 60609 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in meats (except poultry), cured or smoked, made from purchased carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bridgford Foods Processing Corporation
- Parent company
- Bridgford Foods
- Street
- 1415 West 44th St
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60609
- On-site location
- Smokehouse Mechanic Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was on top of the fermentation smokehouse trying to lower the motor and transport it to the pallet of a forklift
What happened
The employee was on top of the fermentation smokehouse trying to lower the motor and transport it to the pallet of a forklift to do this a beam was temporarily installed and a hoist was attached to it from the engine initial location to the forklift pallet. When the engine was unloaded onto the pallet the beam bent causing the hoist hit the employee in the right upper arm and the beam cut him superficially
Injury or illness
Contusion and abrasion of right upper arm
Object or substance involved
Metal hoist
Summary line
Contusion of right upper arm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mechanic
- SOC code
- 51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- NAICS code
- 311612 — Meats (except poultry), cured or smoked, made from purchased carcasses
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 504
- Total hours worked
- 722915
- EIN
- 952149638
- Establishment ID
- 1278183
- Employer case #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 13:35
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 31JAN2025:19:25:00
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.