Waukegan, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Woodland Foods
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Woodland Foods in Waukegan, IL 60087 resulted in days away from work. Employee was receiving Worker in dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Woodland Foods
- Parent company
- Woodland Foods
- Street
- 3751 Sunset Ave.
- City
- Waukegan
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60087
- On-site location
- Receiving Dock/Door 5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
The employee was loading the heating chamber trailer with a manual pallet jack.
What happened
When loading the last pallet the employee did not get the pallet all the way up the incline and locked his knees. When he did this he tore the meniscus in both knees.
Injury or illness
Double Knee Meniscus tears
Object or substance involved
Pushing a manual pallet jack onto a trailer.
Summary line
Knee sprain - both knees
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Receiving Worker
- SOC code
- 43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- NAICS code
- 424490 — Dried foods (e.g., fruits, milk, vegetables) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 315
- Total hours worked
- 643195
- EIN
- 363824252
- Establishment ID
- 581088
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 9:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05FEB26:16:13:00
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.