Schaumburg, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Earle M. Jorgensen Company
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Earle M. Jorgensen Company in Schaumburg, IL 60193 resulted in days away from work. Employee was truck Driver in metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Earle M. Jorgensen Company
- Parent company
- Earle M. Jorgensen Company
- Street
- 1900 Mitchell Boulevard
- City
- Schaumburg
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60193
- On-site location
- PHD, Inc. 4763 US-24 Huntington, IN 46750
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 10
Before the incident
Employee was delivering material to customer PHD Inc.
What happened
Employee was servicing customer located in [REDACTED]. He stated he was moving 1-1 2 RD x 12 ' random length bars totaling 145 lbs on his trailer when he felt a pop in his lower back.
Injury or illness
Lower back strain.
Object or substance involved
1-1 2 rd x 12 ' random length steel bars
Summary line
Employee sustained a strain of the lower back when lifing the ends of steel bars weighing 145 lbs. on the trailer and felt a pop in the lower back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- 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 #
- 25-02
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:42
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 01FEB26:03:48:00
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.