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OSHA Injury Report: Azteca Foods, Inc.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Azteca Foods, Inc. in Chicago, IL 60638 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in tortillas manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
39

She was picking up packages of tortillas that fell off and under the conveyor belt.

She was wearing a hoodie and when she went under the conveyor belt the hood was caught by the moving conveyor belt.

She was choked.

The object was the hoodie.

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.

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311830 — Tortillas manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
94
Total hours worked
200100
EIN
363643185
Establishment ID
752565
Employer case #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
3:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:22:53:00

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.