Chicago Heights, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 15
Before the incident
working on the [REDACTED] Tank loosening up a sprocket shaft using a pipe wrench with a 4-foot extension pipe.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Right Knee left elbow right wrist.
Object or substance involved
Pipe wrench.
Summary line
Pipe Wrench slipped hitting employee in knee and elbow.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 29FEB24:16:31:00
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.