Vandalia, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: OctoChem, Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at OctoChem, Inc. in 2090 Wagner Street, Vandalia, IL 62471 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Technician in general warehousing and storage.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- OctoChem, Inc.
- Parent company
- OctoChem, Inc.
- Street
- 2090 Wagner Street
- City
- Vandalia
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62471
- On-site location
- WAREHOUSE 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
POURING CHEMICAL SAMPLES FOR R&D.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
BACK STRAIN
Object or substance involved
EMPLOYEE AND DRUM
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 493110: General warehousing and storage
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 99
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 206,000
- EIN
- 145662388
- Establishment ID
- 69636
- Employer case #
- 2024-10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 15:20
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-29
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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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