Kankakee, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: American Highway
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at American Highway in 2150-B South Route 45-52, Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator I in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American Highway
- Parent company
- American Highway (A Simplex Company)
- Street
- 2150-B South Route 45-52
- City
- Kankakee
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60901
- On-site location
- Inside Robot Cage at Auto Basket 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 69
Before the incident
Employee was operating the machine and the machine jammed up so employee pushed the emergency stop and entered the robot cage to clear the jam.
What happened
As the employee was clearing the jam he took a step back and bumped his head against the welded dowel assembly which was lifted by robot. Employee was wearing hard hat.
Injury or illness
Neck and shoulder strain.
Object or substance involved
Welded dowel assembly lifted by robot came in contact with employees hard hat.
Summary line
Neck and Shoulder Strain
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator I
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332312: Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 63
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 154,153
- EIN
- 384063568
- Establishment ID
- 728981
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 15:45
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-26
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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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