Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Finkl Steel
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Finkl Steel in 1355 E 93rd St., Chicago, IL 60619 resulted in days away from work. Employee was FS HT Helper 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
- LFS; 1500 T Press
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 207
Before the incident
Employee was conducting a written pre-operational checklist on the [REDACTED]-1 overhead crane
What happened
After completing the pre-op checklist the employee decided contrary to direction from his supervisor to move a steel billet via overhead crane. As he brought the piece down to turn it it slipped out of the tongs hit the ground and struck his left foot.
Injury or illness
Left toes and midfoot amputation on 6 7; below the knee amputation week of 6 13
Object or substance involved
Steel billet weighing approx 4057#
Summary line
Amputation left toes and midfoot 6 7 23; below the knee of left leg week of [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- FS HT Helper
- SOC code
- 51-9198: Helpers--Production 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 #
- 23-02
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- 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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