Wheeling, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Aargus Plastics Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Aargus Plastics Inc. in 540 Allendale Dr, Wheeling, IL 60090 resulted in days away from work. Employee was setUp Operator in bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Aargus Plastics Inc.
- Parent company
- Aargus Plastics Inc.
- Street
- 540 Allendale Dr
- City
- Wheeling
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60090
- On-site location
- Extrusion Dept. Line 19
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 7
- Days restricted or transferred
- 61
Before the incident
He was going to prepare the press to change plates.
What happened
Employee was removing a part that holds rolling cylinder at the end when he was loosening bolts he placed the part on the end base that holds the cylinder and his finger got caught in the moving gears.
Injury or illness
Left Ring Finger Crushed with Fracture.
Object or substance involved
Gears.
Summary line
Left Ring Finger Crushed
Employee and industry
- Job description
- SetUp Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4199: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326111: Bags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 183
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 271,076
- EIN
- 363867497
- Establishment ID
- 1026499
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 20:25
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-03
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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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