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OSHA Injury Report: RAHCO RUBBER INC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at RAHCO RUBBER INC in Des Plaines, IL 60018 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mACHINE OPERATOR in rubber bands manufacturing.

Establishment
RAHCO RUBBER INC
Parent company
Rahco Rubber Inc
Street
1633 Birchwood Ave
City
Des Plaines
State
IL
ZIP
60018
On-site location
PRODUCTION FLOOR
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Pulling a stack of boxes

Employee was working on mold # 765 [REDACTED] 1. She went for boxes and pulled a stack towards her from the skid and lost her grip. She back up away quickly as the boxes fell forward and avoid being hit. Employee felt a pain she explained as jolt or tingle on her lower back.

Lower back pain.

Pulling a stack of boxes.

LOWER BACK PAIN

Job description
MACHINE OPERATOR
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326299 — Rubber bands manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
75
Total hours worked
151118
EIN
362746143
Establishment ID
1076707
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
15:30:00.000
Time of incident
21:30:00.000
Submitted
18JAN24:17:44:00

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.