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OSHA Injury Report: M-11

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at M-11 in DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eOL in bridge, tunnel, and highway operations.

Establishment
M-11
Parent company
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Street
107 West Fairview Drive
City
DeKalb
State
IL
ZIP
60115
On-site location
ROW right shoulder I-88 E/B MP 86.7
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
59

Assigned to right-of-way mowing.

Employee assigned to mow the right-of-way on the right shoulder. While operating the tractor accidentally bumped into the delineator post that marked a drain. He stopped the equipment and got out of the tractor to manually straighten the post. After successfully straightening it he took a step back and fell into the uncovered drain landing upright in the drain basin. Managed to climb out of the drain without assistance. The drain was 8-10 ' deep and my arms hit the sides of the main hole opening forcing them upwards.

Right shoulder sprain strain.

Drain hole.

Right shoulder sprain strain.

Job description
EOL
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
488490 — Bridge, tunnel, and highway operations
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
21
Total hours worked
43774
EIN
362811931
Establishment ID
389302
Employer case #
25-41
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
15:32
Filing year
2025
Submitted
08FEB26:23:15:00

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.