Melrose Park, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Interlake Mecalux
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Interlake Mecalux in 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
- Avg employees
- 500
- Total hours worked
- 1095214
- EIN
- 364364378
- Establishment ID
- 1076608
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06FEB2025:20:48:00
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.