Elgin, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Schuman Cheese Elgin
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Schuman Cheese Elgin in 2589 Technology Drive, Elgin, IL 60124 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Schuman Cheese Elgin
- Parent company
- Arthur Schuman Midwest LLC
- Street
- 2589 Technology Drive
- City
- Elgin
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60124
- On-site location
- Warehouse
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
Employee was walking down warehouse aisle pushing a cart toward maintenance
What happened
He did not see a forklift backing up and he had to twist to avoid being hit by the forklift
Injury or illness
Lower back pain on left side of his back
Object or substance involved
Nothing - bad twisting
Summary line
Employee twisted back while avoiding the forklift
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311513: Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 442
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,082,946
- EIN
- 205053878
- Establishment ID
- 955102
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 02:48
- Time of incident
- 08:33
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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