Bensenville, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Chicago White Metal Casting Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Chicago White Metal Casting Inc. in 649 IL Route 83, Bensenville, IL 60106 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Supervisor in die-castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Chicago White Metal Casting Inc.
- Parent company
- Chicago White Metal Casting Inc.
- Street
- 649 IL Route 83
- City
- Bensenville
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60106
- On-site location
- Production Furnace #27
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 51
Before the incident
Employee was working on a furnace removing the gooseneck.
What happened
A spark must have ignited causing a fire. After investigating it was due to a thermite reaction.
Injury or illness
Burns to the right and left hands
Object or substance involved
fire
Summary line
Right and Left hand burns while putting out fire
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Supervisor
- SOC code
- 49-1011: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- NAICS code
- 331523: Die-castings, aluminum, unfinished, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 182
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 292,079
- EIN
- 362061905
- Establishment ID
- 1086039
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:00
- Time of incident
- 06:37
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-25
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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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