Chicago, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Alpha Baking Polk
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Alpha Baking Polk in Chicago, IL 60644 resulted in days away from work. Employee was merchandiser in frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Alpha Baking Polk
- Parent company
- Alpha Baking
- Street
- 5001 W Polk
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60644
- On-site location
- Costco warehouse 1088
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
counting product and trays and standing in between 2 pallets
What happened
Costco forklift driver picked up a full liquor pallet that was pushed into the full bread pallet that was pushed into employee
Injury or illness
lower back strain
Object or substance involved
bread pallet
Summary line
struck by pallet that was hit with a power jack causing lower back strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- merchandiser
- SOC code
- 13-1022 — Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
- NAICS code
- 311812 — Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 577
- Total hours worked
- 1201460
- EIN
- 310969495
- Establishment ID
- 1495436
- Employer case #
- 55C903856
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:22:21:00
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.