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OSHA Injury Report: HFT Chicago DC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at HFT Chicago DC in Elwood, IL 60421 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was eO in general warehousing and storage.

Establishment
HFT Chicago DC
Parent company
Harbor Freight Tools
Street
3401 S Brandon Rd
City
Elwood
State
IL
ZIP
60421
On-site location
SHIP DOOR
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

The associate was lifting boxes off the conveyor to stack them on the trailer floor to build a wall of product.

The associate lifted a box weighing approximately 40.04lbs roughly 4 feet from the ground when they felt a sharp pain in their right shoulder and collar bone.

The associates right shoulder and collar bone sustained a muscles strain sprain.

Product weight approximately 40.04lbs

Associate was lifting a item weighing approximately 40.04 lbs when they began to feel pain in their right shoulder and collar bone

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 #
25-15
Date of incident
Shift started
16:30
Time of incident
18:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:47:00

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.