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OSHA Injury Report: EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc. in 4909 70th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53144 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was warehouse Worker in warehousing (except farm products, general merchandise, refrigerated).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.
Parent company
EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.
Street
4909 70th Ave
City
Kenosha
State
WI
ZIP
53144
On-site location
Waste Building Warehouse

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Before the incident

Employee was opening a 55 gallon drum with a drum wrench

What happened

While opening bung drum wrench slipped causing employee to strike right elbow on the drum sitting next to it.

Injury or illness

Contusion to right elbow

Object or substance involved

Material drum

Summary line

Elbow contusion from contact drum while opening

Employee and industry

Job description
Warehouse Worker
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
493190 — Warehousing (except farm products, general merchandise, refrigerated)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
19
Total hours worked
33786
EIN
362709818
Establishment ID
1106549
Employer case #
23-1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
05FEB24:20:41:00

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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.