Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Worthington Steel Company Chicago
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Worthington Steel Company Chicago in 5500 North Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60640 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in metal Crown Closure and Other Metal Stamping except Automotive.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Worthington Steel Company Chicago
- Parent company
- Worthington Steel Inc
- Street
- 5500 North Wolcott Ave
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60640
- On-site location
- Chicago Steel General Slitting
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 95
Before the incident
Moving slitter knives hubs along the arbor
What happened
Employee was moving knives using oil gun. One of the knives had a lot of pressure and quickly slid the other direction. This caused a strain to the mid back area where he has had an injury before.
Injury or illness
Sprain
Object or substance involved
Strain from the movement of the knives hubs as they move across the arbor
Summary line
Sprain to Right Back - Upper caused by Strain from the movement of the knives hubs as they move across the arbor
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4031: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 332119: Metal Crown Closure and Other Metal Stamping except Automotive
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 164
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 316,200
- EIN
- 202122127
- Establishment ID
- 1211117
- Employer case #
- IN-2024042
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:15
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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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