Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EHC Industries, Inc. , 549 E 115th St., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
While working on top of a paint booth, an employee suffered a cut to the left knee from a glass panel.
On July 11, 2018, an employee was working from a mobile scaffold, about 12 feet above a concrete floor, to remove asbestos. He fell to the floor, fracturing his wrist and hip. The scaffold's guardrails had been removed at the time of the incident.
On June 29, 2018, an employee fell into a trench containing hot fluids (150 degrees F) and sustained second degree burns to the legs requiring hospitalization.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was working to assess the operation of a high-pressure water nozzle. The water system was activated and the employee was cut by high pressure water on his left hand where the palm meets the wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working to push items in a trailer dumpster with his feet; his back was against a building wall. He fell to the concrete ground, resulting in fractures.
An employee was guiding a high-pressure water hose through a 4-inch gap on a horizontal condensing tube when the hose blew apart. The hose left the opening and the fitting at the end of it struck the employee on the side of his face. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to the left side of his head, including a laceration from his left temple through his ear.
On July 24, 2025, an employee was shoveling material when a piece of steel slag fell from a nearby furnace and struck them in the back. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their thoracic vertebrae and a metatarsal.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.