Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Chicago
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Befesa Chicago in 2701 E 114th St, Chicago, IL 60617 resulted in days away from work. Employee was utility Production 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
- BC-10 compartments
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 73
Before the incident
[REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was attempting to use leverage with a crowbar to align a shaker arm on BC10 Product Collector baghouse. Employee pulled down on the bar in a hanging-like motion using his body weight to help pry the shaker arm in place in the clevis. The bar slipped. Employee lost his balance and his weight shifted to his right ankle as he fell back and downward. He rolled his ankle and his body weight centered on top of his ankle causing a fracture to the tip of his right fibula.
Injury or illness
Fracture
Object or substance involved
Prying improper positioning improper placement of tool.
Summary line
Fracture to Right Ankle caused by Prying improper positioning improper placement of tool.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Utility Production
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- 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-202510
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 10:45
- 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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