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OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Chicago

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Befesa Chicago in Chicago, IL 60617 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).

Establishment
Befesa Chicago
Parent company
Befesa Zinc US Inc.
Street
2701 E 114th St
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60617
On-site location
Electric Shop
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Multiple tasks air lancing repairing hoses working on EB-5 belt.

Employee was working on multiple tasks on [REDACTED]. Noticed at the end of the day there was slight swelling to his right hand.

Strain

Unknown.

Strain to Right Hand caused by Unknown.

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331492 — Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
64
Total hours worked
158355
EIN
200447346
Establishment ID
1429846
Employer case #
IN-202501
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
12:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
15JAN26:13:48:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.