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OSHA Injury Report: 1007 - Woodridge, IL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at 1007 - Woodridge, IL in Woodridge, IL 60517 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laborer in heavy Highway Equipment and Manufacturing Traffic Control Devices Pavement Marking Sign Install Sales and Rental Equipment Railroad and Utility.

Establishment
1007 - Woodridge, IL
Parent company
RoadSafe Traffic Systems
Street
1740 Internationale Parkway
City
Woodridge
State
IL
ZIP
60517
On-site location
1007 - Woodridge, IL, Field
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
1

Employee and a partner were removing a sign cabinet from a wall mount. One of the stainless steel bolt holding the cabinet seized. The employee opted to cut the seized bolt with a cut off wheel. While holding the lower portion of the sign cabinet with his body and left hand the employee began to cut the bolts below a horizontal support. As the employee was completing the cut the cabinet dropped. As a reflex the employee dropped his hands in an attempt to catch the cabinet while the grinder was still in his right hand. Resulting in the grinder s wheel making contact with the employee s left hand cutting through his glove and lacerating the ring finger of his left hand. Employee self administered first aid called Axiom and was referred to a Urgent Care facility.

Employee and a partner were removing a sign cabinet from a wall mount. One of the stainless steel bolt holding the cabinet seized. The employee opted to cut the seized bolt with a cut off wheel. While holding the lower portion of the sign cabinet with his body and left hand the employee began to cut the bolts below a horizontal support. As the employee was completing the cut the cabinet dropped. As a reflex the employee dropped his hands in an attempt to catch the cabinet while the grinder was still in his right hand. Resulting in the grinder s wheel making contact with the employee s left hand cutting through his glove and lacerating the ring finger of his left hand. Employee self administered first aid called Axiom and was referred to a Urgent Care facility.

Nature of Injury Strain Type Body Part Shoulders

Power Tool

Employee lacerated his finger.

Job description
Laborer
SOC code
47-2061 — Construction Laborers
NAICS code
237310 — Heavy Highway Equipment and Manufacturing Traffic Control Devices Pavement Marking Sign Install Sales and Rental Equipment Railroad and Utility
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
82
Total hours worked
82908
EIN
742985312
Establishment ID
1087802
Employer case #
IE-2407-00
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:21:14:00

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.