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OSHA Injury Report: Chicago Postal CHIPS (LDS)

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Chicago Postal CHIPS (LDS) in 2350 Frieder Lane, Aurora, IL 60502 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Tech in postal stations operated on a contract basis.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Chicago Postal CHIPS (LDS)
Parent company
Logistic Dissolution Services (LDS)
Street
2350 Frieder Lane
City
Aurora
State
IL
ZIP
60502
On-site location
Warehouse

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
21

Before the incident

The employee got injured while trying to lift the motor to align the shaft with the motor.

What happened

The employee sustained an injury while attempting to lift the motor in order to align the shaft with it.

Injury or illness

The employee was diagnosed with a hernia.

Object or substance involved

Sorter conveyor drive motor.

Summary line

The maintenance tech made an attempt to replace the drive motor of the sorter machine. They followed the procedure by harnessing the motor and lifting it with a forklift. However the motor was lifted at an angle that caused the drive shaft to misalign wi

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance Tech
SOC code
49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
NAICS code
491110 — Postal stations operated on a contract basis
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
256
Total hours worked
522631
EIN
311140852
Establishment ID
668734
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:21:03:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.