Hoffman Estates, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: M-5
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at M-5 in Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 resulted in days away from work. Employee was eOL in bridge, tunnel, and highway operations.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- M-5
- Parent company
- Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
- Street
- 557 West Central Road
- City
- Hoffman Estates
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60169
- On-site location
- M-5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 72
Before the incident
Installing a wing plow on a plow truck.
What happened
Employee was bent over at the waist holding onto the wing plow support arm with both hands and with the support arm between his legs just below knee level. Tried to turn the support arm in a circular motion to line it up for the pin to be installed from the support arm to the truck felt a pop in his lower back.
Injury or illness
Herniated disc lumbar.
Object or substance involved
Wing plow support arm.
Summary line
Herniated disc lumbar - Employee was bent over at the waist holding onto the wing plow support arm with both hands and with the support arm between his leg just below knee level. Tried to turn the support arm felt a pop in lower back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- EOL
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 488490 — Bridge, tunnel, and highway operations
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 23
- Total hours worked
- 47121
- EIN
- 362811931
- Establishment ID
- 389285
- Employer case #
- 23-38
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 24FEB24:18:45:00
Source
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.