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OSHA Injury Report: Earle M. Jorgensen Company

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Earle M. Jorgensen Company in Schaumburg, IL 60193 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was leadperson in metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Earle M. Jorgensen Company
Parent company
Earle M. Jorgensen Company
Street
1900 Mitchell Boulevard
City
Schaumburg
State
IL
ZIP
60193
On-site location
Bay 9 Receiving
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cutting bands on a bundle with a breaker bar to put the material away into Kasto storage system.

Employee was using the breaker bar to cut the bands on a bundle of 2 1 4 round bars from the back of the bundle. The band iron sprug up after being cut and struck his left forearm causing a 3 inch laceration. He was using a breaker bar with this right hand while his left hand was holding the band to be cut.

Laceration to the left forearm

Band iron

Employee sustained a laceration to the left forearm requiring stitches when cutting bands on a steel bundle using a breaker bar when the metal band struck the left arm.

Job description
Leadperson
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
423510 — Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
290
Total hours worked
519778
Establishment ID
688623
Employer case #
25-01
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
20:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
01FEB26:03:38:00

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.