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OSHA Injury Report: iHerb Elgin

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at iHerb Elgin in Elgin, IL 60124 resulted in days away from work. Employee was material Handler in general warehousing and storage.

Establishment
iHerb Elgin
Parent company
iHerb
Street
2650 Auto Mall Drive
City
Elgin
State
IL
ZIP
60124
On-site location
Receiving
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
27

employee was receiving product from vendors opening cases and placing into the totes and throwing empty boxes to over head conveyor

while throwing empty boxes over head a substance got in his eye causing irritation. employee washed it out but over the weekend it progressively got worse.

chemical conjunctivitis (pink eye)

possible dust or product from box

substance entered eye while throwing empty boxes over head

Job description
Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
385
Total hours worked
681822
Establishment ID
1041973
Employer case #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:45:00.000
Submitted
09FEB24:18:51:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.