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OSHA Injury Report: Schuman Cheese Elgin

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Schuman Cheese Elgin in Elgin, IL 60124 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

Establishment
Schuman Cheese Elgin
Parent company
Arthur Schuman Midwest LLC
Street
2589 Technology Drive
City
Elgin
State
IL
ZIP
60124
On-site location
Warehouse
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Employee was walking down warehouse aisle pushing a cart toward maintenance

He did not see a forklift backing up and he had to twist to avoid being hit by the forklift

Lower back pain on left side of his back

Nothing - bad twisting

Employee twisted back while avoiding the forklift

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
442
Total hours worked
1082946
EIN
205053878
Establishment ID
955102
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
2:48:00.000
Time of incident
8:33:00.000
Submitted
16JAN24:17:15:00

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.