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OSHA Injury Report: LRS West Chicago

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at LRS West Chicago in 1655 Powis Road, West Chicago, IL 60185 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was journeyman Mechanic in other Nonhaz Waste Treat and Disposal.

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Establishment
LRS West Chicago
Parent company
LRS
Street
1655 Powis Road
City
West Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60185
On-site location
in shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

cutting of wheel with grinder

Mechanic was using cut off wheel on a grinder to cut a broken bolt when cutting wheel caught losing control of tool the mechanics reaction was to grab control of the tool back When doing so the side opposite of the guard cut in to his glove and finger leaving a cut on left hand thumb at knuckle

Nature of InjuryIllness Laceration Body Parts ThumbLeft

grinder

Nature of InjuryIllness Laceration Cause of InjuryIllnessCut Punct Scrape from Powerd Hand Tool or Utensl Body Parts ThumbLeft Object Substance

Job description
Journeyman Mechanic
SOC code
49-9071: Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
562219: Other Nonhaz Waste Treat and Disposal
NAICS vintage
2022
Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
117
Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
305,064
Establishment ID
1379207
Employer case #
USWEST CHI
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
18:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted to OSHA
2025-03-03

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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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