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OSHA Injury Report: Horween Leather Company

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Horween Leather Company in 2015 North Elston, Chicago, IL 60614 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was splitting Operator in skirting leather manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Horween Leather Company
Parent company
Horween Leather
Street
2015 North Elston
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60614
On-site location
Splitting 1st Floor

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Feeding Dry Splitter

What happened

A piece of leather flipped up an scratched employees eye

Injury or illness

abrasion in right cornea

Object or substance involved

Side of leather

Summary line

A piece of leather flipped up an scratched employees eye

Employee and industry

Job description
Splitting Operator
SOC code
51-9032 — Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code
316110 — Skirting leather manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
132
Total hours worked
241489
EIN
361235920
Establishment ID
98039
Employer case #
202516

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
6:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:17:14:00

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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.