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 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
Employee was performing the usual cleaning near the foil assembly after a foil jam.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Muscle from the right hand pulled and she stated that she felt a warm feeling after she pulled her muscle.
Object or substance involved
The brush overload
Summary line
Right wrist strain | Right shoulder strain | Strain of right forearm
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 #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-16
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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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