Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Horween Leather Company
Skin disorder · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a skin disorder at Horween Leather Company in 2015 North Elston, Chicago, IL 60614 resulted in days away from work. Employee was beamhouse Supervisor 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
- near mixers in Beamhouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Skin disorder (code 2)
- Days away from work
- 4
Before the incident
Decanting Sodium hydrosulfide (liquid nash) from vessal into 5 gallon bucket
What happened
Residue in bucket reacted with the Nash and produced hydrogen sulfide. EE staggered and lost consciousness; falling to the ground. He woke up after about an minute.
Injury or illness
Nervous system
Object or substance involved
Likely hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas.
Summary line
Residue in bucket reacted with the Nash and produced hydrogen sulfide. EE staggered and lost consciousness; falling to the ground. He woke up after about an minute.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Beamhouse Supervisor
- SOC code
- 51-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- NAICS code
- 316110: Skirting leather manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 132
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 241,489
- EIN
- 361235920
- Establishment ID
- 98039
- Employer case #
- 202519
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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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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