Elwood, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: HFT Chicago DC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at HFT Chicago DC in Elwood, IL 60421 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eO in general warehousing and storage.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- HFT Chicago DC
- Parent company
- Harbor Freight Tools
- Street
- 3401 S Brandon Rd
- City
- Elwood
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60421
- On-site location
- REPUT
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 76
- Days restricted or transferred
- 93
Before the incident
Associate dropped a package of popcorn after start up. They squatted down to pick up the package and felt pain in their lower back. Associate has been havingback concerns for the last 3 or 4 years. The associate reported that this pain is very much like the pain they have been having over the [REDACTED].
What happened
Associate dropped a package of popcorn after start up. They squatted down to pick up the package and felt pain in their lower back. Associate has been havingback concerns for the last 3 or 4 years. The associate reported that this pain is very much like the pain they have been having over the [REDACTED].
Injury or illness
SPRAIN OF LIGAMENTS OF LUMBAR SPINE
Object or substance involved
SQUATTING DOWN
Summary line
ASSOCIATE DROPPED POPCORN AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP CAUSING BACK PAIN
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EO
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 493110 — General warehousing and storage
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 526
- Total hours worked
- 1094237
- EIN
- 770465196
- Establishment ID
- 1076911
- Employer case #
- 25-6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 16:25
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:17:18:00
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.