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OSHA Injury Report: Groot South

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Groot South in McCook, IL 60525 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

Establishment
Groot South
Parent company
Groot, Inc.
Street
8475 West 53rd Street
City
McCook
State
IL
ZIP
60525
On-site location
on route
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
2

Driver was servicing a 95G trash toter when she stepped behind it to push it towards the truck to dump the can when she tilted the can to roll it the can the weight of the can knocked her on her back and the can fell on top of her. Cut in left thigh.

Driver was servicing a 95G trash toter when she stepped behind it to push it towards the truck to dump the can when she tilted the can to roll it the can the weight of the can knocked her on her back and the can fell on top of her. Cut in left thigh.

Driver was servicing a 95G trash toter when she stepped behind it to push it towards the truck to dump the can when she tilted the can to roll it the can the weight of the can knocked her on her back and the can fell on top of her. Cut in left thigh.

cut by object

Driver was servicing a 95G trash toter when she stepped behind it to push it towards the truck to dump the can when she tilted the can to roll it the can the weight of the can knocked her on her back and the can fell on top of her. Cut in left thigh.

Job description
driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
80
Total hours worked
200211
Establishment ID
1221939
Employer case #
1E01E06001
Date of incident
Shift started
6:25:00.000
Time of incident
8:45:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:19:42:00

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.