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
- Imperial Metal Products Company 835 Hall St. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 15
Before the incident
Employee was in the dock at Imperial metals working to remove the tarp from his trailer for delivery.
What happened
Employee was at Imperial Metals. At the time of delivery the trailer was tarped. During transport the edge of the tarp moved under a 5 8’ round 12 ft bundle weighing 2500 lbs. The employee used a pry bar to shift the material to gain access to the tarp to complete the trap removal process for delivery. When he shifted the material he felt pain in his lower back
Injury or illness
Lower back strain.
Object or substance involved
5 8’ round 12 ft bundle
Summary line
Employee sustained a strain of the lower back when using a pry bar to shift a 5 8 ' round 12 ' bundle to gain access to the tarp to remove it to access the material for delivery.
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 #
- 25-05
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:04
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 01FEB26:04:07:00
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.