Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Finkl Steel
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at Finkl Steel in 1355 E 93rd St., Chicago, IL 60619 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was groundskeeper in forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Finkl Steel
- Parent company
- Swiss Steel Group
- Street
- 1355 E 93rd St.
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60619
- On-site location
- Tool Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Landscape work
What happened
Employee decided to use a disc sander to sharpen the hoe he was using. As he was sharpening it the hoe became wedged and it jerked. This caused his hand to fling off handle and strike a ledge on the sander.
Injury or illness
Fracture
Object or substance involved
Metal ledge
Summary line
Fracture; left index finger; disc sander and metal ledge
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Groundskeeper
- SOC code
- 37-3011: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
- NAICS code
- 332111: Forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 270
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 606,861
- Establishment ID
- 410510
- Employer case #
- 23-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-19
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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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