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OSHA Injury Report: Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District in Chicago Heights, IL 60411 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system.

Establishment
Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District
Parent company
Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District
Street
700 West End Avenue
City
Chicago Heights
State
IL
ZIP
60411
On-site location
Buildnig #3 Grit Tank
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
15

working on the [REDACTED] Tank loosening up a sprocket shaft using a pipe wrench with a 4-foot extension pipe.

The pipe wrench slipped out of the shaft hitting him with pipe extension in right knee pushing him against the wall and hitting left elbow and head. He fell to the floor twisting his right knee and wrist wrist.

Right Knee left elbow right wrist.

Pipe wrench.

Pipe Wrench slipped hitting employee in knee and elbow.

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
221320 — Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
27
Total hours worked
5670
Establishment ID
1189569
Employer case #
24-02
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:30:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:16:31:00

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.