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OSHA Injury Report: Real Kitchen at Walden

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Real Kitchen at Walden in Chicago, IL 60612 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cook in banquet halls with catering staff.

Establishment
Real Kitchen at Walden
Parent company
Material Difference LLC
Street
2145 W Walnut St
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60612
On-site location
Kitchen
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
25
Days restricted or transferred
25

The employee was using a robot coupe to slice mushrooms for a number of minutes prior using the plunger to process the mushrooms proper technique. He spoke briefly with someone next to him and then proceeded to use his hand to push the next batch of mushrooms down the feed tube instead of using the plunger like he previously had been.

The employee was using a robot coupe to slice mushrooms for a number of minutes prior using the plunger to process the mushrooms proper technique. He spoke briefly with someone next to him and then proceeded to use his hand to push the next batch of mushrooms down the feed tube instead of using the plunger like he previously had been. In doing so he put his hand too far in and amputated the two tips of his fingers in the blade. He had been using proper technique with the plunger so I have no idea why he stopped.

Amputation of the tips of two fingers. Portions of the nail remains so maybe 1 4 inch or so.

A robot coupe food processor outfitted with a slicing blade. The plunger was available and being regularly used by him prior.

Tips of 2 fingers amputated by robot coupe

Job description
Cook
SOC code
35-2014 — Cooks, Restaurant
NAICS code
722320 — Banquet halls with catering staff
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
50
Total hours worked
38000
EIN
834377354
Establishment ID
1240200
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
8:51:00.000
Time of incident
10:07:00.000
Submitted
04APR24:14:28:00

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.