Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Chicago
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Befesa Chicago in 2701 E 114th St, Chicago, IL 60617 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was temporary Utility in secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Befesa Chicago
- Parent company
- Befesa Zinc US Inc.
- Street
- 2701 E 114th St
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60617
- On-site location
- C&B Rail Side
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Closing a bottom hopper rail car door
What happened
While unloading a rail car temp employee was using a sledgehammer to close the bottom hopper rail doors and strained his back.
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
Swinging a sledgehammer
Summary line
Strain to Back caused by Swinging a sledgehammer
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Temporary Utility
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 331492: Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 64
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 158,355
- EIN
- 200447346
- Establishment ID
- 1429846
- Employer case #
- IN-202502
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:30
- Time of incident
- 23:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-15
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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