DeKalb, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: M-11
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at M-11 in 107 West Fairview Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in days away from work. Employee was EOL in bridge, tunnel, and highway operations.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 59
Before the incident
Assigned to right-of-way mowing.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Right shoulder sprain strain.
Object or substance involved
Drain hole.
Summary line
Right shoulder sprain strain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EOL
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 488490: Bridge, tunnel, and highway operations
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 21
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 43,774
- EIN
- 362811931
- Establishment ID
- 389302
- Employer case #
- 25-41
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 15:32
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-08
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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