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OSHA Injury Report: Horween Leather Company

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Horween Leather Company in Chicago, IL 60614 resulted in days away from work. Employee was splitting Operator in skirting leather manufacturing.

Establishment
Horween Leather Company
Parent company
Horween Leather
Street
2015 North Elston
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60614
On-site location
Splitting Dept.
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Employee had finished moving a pallet of sides with a powered pallet [REDACTED].

He moved the pallet jack backwards and then tried to move it forwards but accidently made it go backwards. It hit his left ankle and swelled up.

left ankle swollen

powered pallet jack

He moved the pallet jack backwards and then tried to move it forwards but accidently made it go backwards. It hit his left ankle and swelled up.

Job description
Splitting Operator
SOC code
51-9032 — Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
316110 — Skirting leather manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
221823
EIN
361235920
Establishment ID
98039
Employer case #
2418
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
6:15
Filing year
2024
Submitted
16JAN2025:17:33:00

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.