Melrose Park, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Interlake Mecalux
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Interlake Mecalux in 1600 N. 25th Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic in furniture parts, finished plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Interlake Mecalux
- Parent company
- Interlake Mecalux
- Street
- 1600 N. 25th Avenue
- City
- Melrose Park
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60160
- On-site location
- 101
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
preparing to grind metal
What happened
EE was grinding without a face shield. Face shield is mandatory while grinding metal.
Injury or illness
Metallic foreign body embedded in cornea
Object or substance involved
metallic foreign body
Summary line
[REDACTED] foreign body. Rust ring of left cornea due to metal grinding
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 337215: Furniture parts, finished plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 500
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,095,214
- EIN
- 364364378
- Establishment ID
- 1076608
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-06
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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