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OSHA Injury Report: World's Finest Chocolate

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at World's Finest Chocolate in Chicago, IL 60632 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was vS Operator in chocolate covered candy bars made from purchased chocolate.

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 2
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

Employee was performing the usual cleaning near the foil assembly after a foil jam.

Employee was clearing a foil jam and she had to remove two bars from under the brushes near the foil assembly or overload1. Employee states that when she pulled the pin for the brush she felt a pull from one of her muscles by her risk. She continued with her task but felt some discomfort.

Muscle from the right hand pulled and she stated that she felt a warm feeling after she pulled her muscle.

The brush overload

Right wrist strain | Right shoulder strain | Strain of right forearm

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
Avg employees
345
Total hours worked
690515
Establishment ID
1450030
Employer case #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
8:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16FEB26:16:54:00

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.