Chicago, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Horween Leather Company
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Horween Leather Company in Chicago, IL 60614 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was buffing Operator in skirting leather manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Horween Leather Company
- Parent company
- Horween Leather
- Street
- 2015 North Elston
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60614
- On-site location
- Buffing
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
[REDACTED] and [REDACTED] were lifting the wood platform to clean under it.
What happened
The handle of the wood platform broke when EE lifted it and he fell back into the machine.
Injury or illness
lower back bruise and strain
Object or substance involved
Protrusion of the Buffing Machine
Summary line
The handle of the wood platform broke when EE lifted it and he fell back into the machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Buffing Operator
- SOC code
- 51-6099 — Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 316110 — Skirting leather manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 132
- Total hours worked
- 241489
- EIN
- 361235920
- Establishment ID
- 98039
- Employer case #
- 202514
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 9:26
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:17:14:00
Source
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.