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OSHA Injury Report: HFT Chicago DC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at HFT Chicago DC in 3401 S Brandon Rd, Elwood, IL 60421 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was wA in general warehousing and storage.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
HFT Chicago DC
Parent company
Harbor Freight Tools
Street
3401 S Brandon Rd
City
Elwood
State
IL
ZIP
60421
On-site location
SHP235

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

was unloading a trailer in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] wall of the trailer fell onto him striking him in the lower and upper right side of his back.

What happened

PRODUCT FELL FROM WALL STRIKING ASSOCIATE

Injury or illness

CONTUSION OF RIGHT BACK WALL OF THORAX - STRAINED MUSCLE FASIA AND TENDON OF LOWER BACK - STRAIN OF UNSPECIFIED MUSCLE FACIA AND TENDON AT SHOULDER AND UPPER ARM LEVEL

Object or substance involved

PRODUCT SKU 72426

Summary line

On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was unloading a trailer in [REDACTED]. He had bent over to place a box on a pallet when cartons that were in the wall of the trailer fell onto him striking him in the lower and upper right side of his back.

Employee and industry

Job description
WA
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
526
Total hours worked
1094237
EIN
770465196
Establishment ID
1076911
Employer case #
25-21

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
10:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28JAN26:18:04:00

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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.