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OSHA Injury Report: Finkl Steel

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at Finkl Steel in Chicago, IL 60619 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was groundskeeper in forgings made from purchased iron or steel, unfinished.

Establishment
Finkl Steel
Parent company
Swiss Steel Group
Street
1355 E 93rd St.
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60619
On-site location
Tool Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Landscape work

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.

Fracture

Metal ledge

Fracture; left index finger; disc sander and metal ledge

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
Avg employees
270
Total hours worked
606861
Establishment ID
410510
Employer case #
23-01
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:00:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:18:35:00

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.