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OSHA Injury Report: Kerry Melrose Park

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Kerry Melrose Park in Melrose Park, IL 60160 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was breading Line Lead in bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries.

Establishment
Kerry Melrose Park
Parent company
Kerry Group
Street
3141 W North Ave #1108
City
Melrose Park
State
IL
ZIP
60160
On-site location
Breading Blending Platform
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
198

Employee was manually lifting and dumping 22.68 kg bags of flour.

Employee reported developing intermittent shoulder pain- specifically when lifting and putting pressure on his right shoulder.

Trapezius muscle strain sprain of right shoulder

Flour bags were glued together for transport by external supplier- causing additional force to be necessary for lifting dumping. Following incident flour bags are no longer glued.

Employee was pulling 22.7kg flour ingredient bags when he reported right shoulder pain to his supervisor. Later seeked medical attention and was diagnosed with shoulder strain sprain.

Job description
Breading Line Lead
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311812 — Bakery products, fresh (i.e., bread, cakes, doughnuts, pastries), made in commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
150
Total hours worked
286040
EIN
510274193
Establishment ID
1284749
Employer case #
2024-04
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
31JAN2025:20:11:00

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.