Elwood, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: HFT Chicago DC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at HFT Chicago DC in Elwood, IL 60421 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wA 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
- SHP235
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
was unloading a trailer in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] wall of the trailer fell onto him striking him in the lower and upper right side of his back.
What happened
PRODUCT FELL FROM WALL STRIKING ASSOCIATE
Injury or illness
CONTUSION OF RIGHT BACK WALL OF THORAX - STRAINED MUSCLE FASIA AND TENDON OF LOWER BACK - STRAIN OF UNSPECIFIED MUSCLE FACIA AND TENDON AT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM LEVEL
Object or substance involved
PRODUCT SKU 72426
Summary line
On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was unloading a trailer in [REDACTED]. He had bent over to place a box on a pallet when cartons that were in the wall of the trailer fell onto him striking him in the lower and upper right side of his back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WA
- 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 #
- 25-21
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 10:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28JAN26:18:04:00
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.