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OSHA Injury Report: Hoffer Plastics

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Hoffer Plastics in South Elgin, IL 60177 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mold Tech in tires, plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Hoffer Plastics
Parent company
Hoffer Plastics
Street
500 N Collins Street
City
South Elgin
State
IL
ZIP
60177
On-site location
Plant 1
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee used a step ladder to check plastic hopper.

Employee fell backwards off a step ladder and strained their back

Strained their back

Body torque

Employee fell backwards off a step ladder and strained their back

Job description
Mold Tech
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, an
NAICS code
326199 — Tires, plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
389
Total hours worked
751805
EIN
362347537
Establishment ID
1312194
Employer case #
7
Date of incident
Shift started
16:00
Time of incident
20:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
09FEB26:16:14:00

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.