Aurora, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Chicago Postal CHIPS (LDS)
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Chicago Postal CHIPS (LDS) in 2350 Frieder Lane, Aurora, IL 60502 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech in postal stations operated on a contract basis.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chicago Postal CHIPS (LDS)
- Parent company
- Logistic Dissolution Services (LDS)
- Street
- 2350 Frieder Lane
- City
- Aurora
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60502
- On-site location
- Warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
The employee got injured while trying to lift the motor to align the shaft with the motor.
What happened
The employee sustained an injury while attempting to lift the motor in order to align the shaft with it.
Injury or illness
The employee was diagnosed with a hernia.
Object or substance involved
Sorter conveyor drive motor.
Summary line
The maintenance tech made an attempt to replace the drive motor of the sorter machine. They followed the procedure by harnessing the motor and lifting it with a forklift. However the motor was lifted at an angle that caused the drive shaft to misalign wi
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Tech
- SOC code
- 49-9071: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 491110: Postal stations operated on a contract basis
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 256
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 522,631
- EIN
- 311140852
- Establishment ID
- 668734
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-31
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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