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OSHA Injury Report: Horween Leather Company

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Horween Leather Company in Chicago, IL 60614 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cordovan 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
Shaving Room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

The cylinder on the shaving machine EE was working on was shaking while he was shaving.

Employee turned machine off opened it up to expose the cylinder and began tightening it in the hole with an hex key tool. The tool slipped and the employee hit his finger against the sharp edge of the cylinder.

Cut on right middle finger

Cordovan Shaving cylinder

Employee turned machine off opened it up to expose the cylinder and began tightening it in the hole with an hex key tool. The tool slipped and the employee hit his finger against the sharp edge of the cylinder.

Job description
Cordovan Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
316110 — Skirting leather manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
221823
EIN
361235920
Establishment ID
98039
Employer case #
2419
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
6:00
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.