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OSHA Injury Report: Merit Contractors, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Merit Contractors, LLC in Antioch, IL 60002 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was carpenter in framing contractors.

Establishment
Merit Contractors, LLC
Parent company
Merit Contractors, LLC
Street
335 North Ave.
City
Antioch
State
IL
ZIP
60002
On-site location
Morton Grove, IL
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Landing roof trusses and preparing to move to the next unit.

Another employee was handing down a sledgehammer to Employee. It slipped and hit Employee in the front of his face including his nose and mouth. Employee was unconscious for a few minutes.

Front of face including nose and mouth laceration and bruising. 6 stitches needed in the mouth and employee was knocked unconscious for a few minutes. Morton Grove fire department was on-site.

Sledgehammer

Laceration and bruising to face nose and mouth 6 stitches to mouth

Job description
Carpenter
SOC code
47-2031 — Carpenters
NAICS code
238130 — Framing contractors
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
170
Total hours worked
303917
EIN
272123029
Establishment ID
224354
Employer case #
13
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
18FEB26:20:55:00

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.