Chicago, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Azteca Foods, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Azteca Foods, Inc. in 5005 S Nagle Ave, Chicago, IL 60638 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in tortillas manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Azteca Foods, Inc.
- Parent company
- Azteca Foods, Inc.
- Street
- 5005 S Nagle Ave
- City
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60638
- On-site location
- Near the Spiral Cooler on the Die Cut #1 line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 39
Before the incident
She was picking up packages of tortillas that fell off and under the conveyor belt.
What happened
She was wearing a hoodie and when she went under the conveyor belt the hood was caught by the moving conveyor belt.
Injury or illness
She was choked.
Object or substance involved
The object was the hoodie.
Summary line
Tortillas were falling and [REDACTED] went under the conveyor belt to pick them up. She was wearing a hoodie and the hood was caught on the conveyor belt. The belt continued to move and it caused her to choke resulting in her passing out.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311830: Tortillas manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 94
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 200,100
- EIN
- 363643185
- Establishment ID
- 752565
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 03:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-23
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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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