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OSHA Injury Report: Befesa Chicago

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Befesa Chicago in 2701 E 114th St, Chicago, IL 60617 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was temporary Utility in secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Befesa Chicago
Parent company
Befesa Zinc US Inc.
Street
2701 E 114th St
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60617
On-site location
C&B Rail Side

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Closing a bottom hopper rail car door

What happened

While unloading a rail car temp employee was using a sledgehammer to close the bottom hopper rail doors and strained his back.

Injury or illness

Strain

Object or substance involved

Swinging a sledgehammer

Summary line

Strain to Back caused by Swinging a sledgehammer

Employee and industry

Job description
Temporary Utility
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
331492 — Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
64
Total hours worked
158355
EIN
200447346
Establishment ID
1429846
Employer case #
IN-202502

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:30
Time of incident
23:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
15JAN26:13:48:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.