Elgin, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Geka Manufacturing Corporation
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Geka Manufacturing Corporation in Elgin, IL 60123 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in cigar and cigarette holders, plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Geka Manufacturing Corporation
- Parent company
- Geka Manufacturing Corporation
- Street
- 1670 Cambridge Drive
- City
- Elgin
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60123
- On-site location
- Production Floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
The employee was cleaning the machine.
What happened
While cleaning machine #539 an employee was injured due to unintended access to a moving part of the machine. The safety switch inside the machine was broken and the temporary countermeasure—fastening the access panel door closed—was compromised when the fastener was removed. During cleaning the air hose contacted a moving component startling the employee who then pulled back and struck their hand on nearby equipment.
Injury or illness
Contusion and Laceration to the right hand
Object or substance involved
Machine 539
Summary line
Laceration & Contusion to Right Hand
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326199 — Cigar and cigarette holders, plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 129
- Total hours worked
- 263426
- EIN
- 980568317
- Establishment ID
- 208865
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 22:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:15:04:00
Source
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.