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OSHA Injury Report: Dekalb Area Retirement Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Dekalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb, IL 60115 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cook in continuing care retirement communities.

Establishment
Dekalb Area Retirement Center
Parent company
Dekalb Area Retirement Center
Street
2944 Greenwood Acres Dr., DeKalb IL 60115
City
DeKalb
State
IL
ZIP
60115
On-site location
Independent Dining Room waitstaff area
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Employee was on break and carrying her lunch on a tray through a doorway

The employee attempted to hold the door open for outgoing employees by placing one hand near the door jamb. The door closed and caught the employee 's left pointer finger.

Contusion to left pointer finger

Door with a piano-style hinge

contusion to finger caught in piano hinge doorjamb

Job description
Cook
SOC code
35-2012 — Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
NAICS code
623311 — Continuing care retirement communities
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
226
Total hours worked
293547
EIN
362875303
Establishment ID
520966
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
11:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:02:00.000
Submitted
22FEB24:20:30:00

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.