Elk Grove, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Groot East
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Groot East in Elk Grove, IL 60007 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Groot East
- Parent company
- Groot Recycling & Waste Services, Inc.
- Street
- 2500 Landmeier Road
- City
- Elk Grove
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 60007
- On-site location
- Yard
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was manipulating a stack of 65 gallon toters at Groot Easts Container shop. Both the stack he was manipulating and the stack behind it fell forward pinning him to the ground. Both stacks were saturated with rain and therefore particularly heavy. Fellow drivers rushed to [REDACTED]s aid and called an ambulance. [REDACTED] was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder.
What happened
On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] CST [REDACTED] was manipulating a stack of 65 gallon toters at Groot Easts Container shop. Both the stack he was manipulating and the stack behind it fell forward pinning him to the ground. Both stacks were saturated with rain and therefore particularly heavy. Fellow drivers rushed to [REDACTED]s aid and called an ambulance. [REDACTED] was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder
Injury or illness
Dislocated shouler
Object or substance involved
Totes falling on him
Summary line
Dislocated shoulder
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Driver
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 562111 — Garbage collection services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 219
- Total hours worked
- 556560
- Establishment ID
- 1221786
- Employer case #
- 1E01E06004
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:55
- Time of incident
- 8:19
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 15JAN2025:17:58:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.