OSHA Injury Report: Chicago PDC

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was sorting and rearranging boxes inside a crate employee stated she was wearing her safety gloves.

What happened

Employee attempted to place a box (15 lbs.) on top of another but did not raise the box high enough and the boxes collided the box employee was holding pushed back causing her left thumb to bend backwards. Employee reported feeling immediate pain in her left thumb and over time it became a throbbing pain.

Injury or illness

EE states that she did not raise a 15lb box high enough to place it on top of another box causing the boxes to collide and her thumb to bend backwards resulting in a left thumb sprain.

Object or substance involved

Boxed strut (Approximately15 lbs.)

Summary line

EE states that she did not raise a 15lb box high enough to place it on top of another box causing the boxes to collide and her thumb to bend backwards resulting in a left thumb sprain.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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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.