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OSHA Injury Report: OctoChem, Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at OctoChem, Inc. in Vandalia, IL 62471 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Technician in general warehousing and storage.

Establishment
OctoChem, Inc.
Parent company
OctoChem, Inc.
Street
2090 Wagner Street
City
Vandalia
State
IL
ZIP
62471
On-site location
WAREHOUSE 3
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

POURING CHEMICAL SAMPLES FOR R&D.

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HANDLE A FULL DRUM WHEN THEY ARE ONLY AUTHORIZED FOR SMALL PACKAGES DUE TO A CHRONIC BACK INJURY. EMPLOYEE INJURED THEIR CHRONIC CONDITION MORE SO DUE TO MOVING SOMETHING TOO HEAVY FOR THEM.

BACK STRAIN

EMPLOYEE AND DRUM

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO MOVE A DRUM WITH A PRE-EXISTING BACK INJURY WITHOUT ASSISTANCE OR APPROVAL. CAUSING MORE STRAIN AND INJURY TO THEIR CHRONIC BACK ISSUE.

Job description
Production Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
99
Total hours worked
206000
EIN
145662388
Establishment ID
69636
Employer case #
2024-10
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:20:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:22:29:00

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.