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OSHA Injury Report: HFT Chicago DC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at HFT Chicago DC in Elwood, IL 60421 resulted in days away from work. Employee was yARD DRIVER 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
YARD
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
68
Days restricted or transferred
11

OPENING TRAILER DOORS

ASSOCIATE WAS OPENING A TRAILER DOOR THAT WAS STUCK WHEN THEY PUSHED PULLED TO OPEN THE DOOR FELT STRAIN IN THEIR BACK

STRAINED BACK

OPENING TRAILER DOORS

[REDACTED] states that he was opening a container door [REDACTED] near a receiving door (can 't remember the door). The door was extremely difficult to open and upon pushing and pulling the actual door he felt a pop and pinch in his lower back. He stats

Job description
YARD DRIVER
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
526
Total hours worked
1094237
EIN
770465196
Establishment ID
1076911
Employer case #
25-19
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
0:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:17:57:00

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.