Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: World's Finest Chocolate
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at World's Finest Chocolate in 4801 S Lawndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60632 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was VS Operator in chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- World's Finest Chocolate
- Parent company
- Worlds Finest Chocolate
- Street
- 4801 S Lawndale Ave
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60632
- On-site location
- VS6 - Wrapper 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 20
Before the incident
Employee was feeding chocolate bars back into wrapper #1
What happened
Employee was feeding bars back on wrapper #1. The machine wrapper then came to a stop due to a jam. The employee walked over to cleat the jam when they stepped on a piece of chocolate and fell backwards. She used her hand to break her fall.
Injury or illness
Right hand and wrist. Right leg
Object or substance involved
Concrete floor
Summary line
Strain at the right wrist
Employee and industry
- Job description
- VS Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311352: Chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 345
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 690,515
- Establishment ID
- 1450030
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:15
- Time of incident
- 22:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-16
More injuries at World's Finest Chocolate
View World's Finest Chocolate's full OSHA safety record →
More injuries in this industry (NAICS 311352)
More injuries in IL
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.
Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.