Aurora, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Groot Aurora
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Groot Aurora in Aurora, IL 60505 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Groot Aurora
- Parent company
- Groot, Inc.
- Street
- 1565 Aurora Avenue Lane
- City
- Aurora
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60505
- On-site location
- shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cutting U-Bolt with torch
What happened
A piece of slag popped while cutting and it landed in his right ear.
Injury or illness
ear injury
Object or substance involved
metal slag
Summary line
EE was removing the u-bolts from unit 3602 with a cutting torch. A piece of slag popped while cutting and it landed in his right ear.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- mechanic
- SOC code
- 53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 115
- Total hours worked
- 312037
- Establishment ID
- 1222032
- Employer case #
- 1M01M01279
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 02MAR24:20:23:00
Source
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.