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OSHA Injury Report: LIFEWAY - MORTON GROVE

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at LIFEWAY - MORTON GROVE in MORTON GROVE, IL 60053 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mACHINE OPERATOR III in milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing.

Establishment
LIFEWAY - MORTON GROVE
Parent company
LIFEWAY FOODS INC
Street
6431 OAKTON ST
City
MORTON GROVE
State
IL
ZIP
60053
On-site location
CHEESE ROOM
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
82

Upon washing the machine the EE got his pinky stuck in a small compartment of the machine.

His right pinky finger bent backwards and resulted in a broken pinky finger.

RIGHT PINKY BROKEN

Employee was cleaning the machine and he accidently struck his pinky at the corner of the machine.

RIGHT BROKEN PINKY FINGER

Job description
MACHINE OPERATOR III
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311511 — Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
115
Total hours worked
227608
EIN
363442829
Establishment ID
1243414
Employer case #
26784872
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:30:00.000
Submitted
17MAY24:01:13:00

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.