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OSHA Injury Report: Richelieu Foods Wheeling

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Richelieu Foods Wheeling in 120 W. Palatine Rd., Wheeling, IL 60090 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was qA Tech in frozen pizza manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Richelieu Foods Wheeling
Parent company
Richelieu Foods Inc.
Street
120 W. Palatine Rd.
City
Wheeling
State
IL
ZIP
60090
On-site location
W3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
67

Before the incident

They were trying to pull a pizza off of the line to take quality control weights.

What happened

When walking along the side of the line they tripped over a set of movable steps.

Injury or illness

They sustained a strain to their lower back and their shoulder.

Object or substance involved

Moveable Steps.

Summary line

Tripped over a set of movable stairs when trying to retrieve a pizza from the line resulting in a strained shoulder and back.

Employee and industry

Job description
QA Tech
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
311412 — Frozen pizza manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
381
Total hours worked
864415
EIN
133976021
Establishment ID
718087
Employer case #
3429

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
12:55
Filing year
2024
Submitted
30JAN2025:19:16:00

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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.