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OSHA Injury Report: Able Electropolishing Company

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Able Electropolishing Company in Chicago, IL 60623 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was rd Shift Service Worker in 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring.

Establishment
Able Electropolishing Company
Parent company
METCO TREATING & DEVELOPMENT CO
Street
2001 S. Kilbourn Ave
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60623
On-site location
Shop Floor
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Cleaning metal parts by rinsing through rinse line.

Rubbed up against tank and got diluted nitric rinse on his buttock

Superficial chemical burn of buttock

Rinse line and customer parts.

Chemical burn

Job description
rd Shift Service Worker
SOC code
51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
332813 — 332813 Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
160
Total hours worked
283626
EIN
362268981
Establishment ID
959117
Employer case #
11162860
Date of incident
Shift started
23:30:00.000
Time of incident
23:30:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:20:57:00

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.