Fractures

Name: Fractures at South Chicago Packing LLC
Start: 1/8/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025010255 · 1/8/2025 · South Chicago Packing LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by propelled object or substance unspecified
Source: Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
Secondary source: Source, secondary source unspecified

Employer

Name: South Chicago Packing LLC
Location: 945 W. 38th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60609
NAICS: 311225
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unclogging product from a railcar hose using air pressure from a valve. The air hose coupling went out of control in the employee's right hand and struck the employee's right shin, resulting in a fractured tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown