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OSHA Injury Report: Groot Elgin

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Groot Elgin in Elgin, IL 60102 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

Establishment
Groot Elgin
Parent company
Groot, Inc.
Street
1330 Gasket Drive
City
Elgin
State
IL
ZIP
60102
On-site location
on route
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
18

The EE was getting out of the truck and he failed to set the parking brakes. The truck rolled forward and rolled over his left foot and damaged the customer mailbox. He sustained inflammation to his left foot.

The EE was getting out of the truck and he failed to set the parking brakes. The truck rolled forward and rolled over his left foot and damaged the customer mailbox. He sustained inflammation to his left foot.

foot inflammation

truck steer tire

The EE was getting out of the truck and he failed to set the parking brakes. The truck rolled forward and rolled over his left foot and damaged the customer mailbox. He sustained inflammation to his left foot.

Job description
driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
118
Total hours worked
283638
Establishment ID
1222090
Employer case #
1E01E01382
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:20:40:00

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.