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OSHA Injury Report: IL - Northlake

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at IL - Northlake in Northlake, IL 60164 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic Lead in bottled/canned soft drinks and carbonated waters.

Establishment
IL - Northlake
Parent company
The American Bottling Company
Street
400 North Wolf Road Ste A
City
Northlake
State
IL
ZIP
60164
On-site location
Line 6 Hi Cone Incline conveyor in Northlake
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

During our package Changeover from 12oz to 7.5oz on [REDACTED]. The EE was the changeover and training another EE at the time. They were validating all points starting the [REDACTED] Heat Tunnel To the Hartness Packer and back at the [REDACTED]. This is where they noticed the incline was still raise and in the previous format.

During the changeover on this conveyor machine the employee was wearing gloves and using a kipp handle to lower a rail. As he loosed his side the EE being trained loosened another kipp handle on the same rail causing it to drop abruptly and pinch the EE 's right pinky finger between the lock collar and the adjustment block.

Crushing injury creating a laceration needing stitches.

Pinch point by rails moving

Cut Laceration Finger s Right Side Caught In Under Between

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic Lead
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
312111 — Bottled/canned soft drinks and carbonated waters
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
794
Total hours worked
1616130
EIN
364223626
Establishment ID
501051
Employer case #
2025-4683
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:14:30:00

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.