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OSHA Injury Report: Earle M. Jorgensen Company

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Earle M. Jorgensen Company in 1900 Mitchell Boulevard, Schaumburg, IL 60193 resulted in days away from work. Employee was crane Operator in metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Earle M. Jorgensen Company
Parent company
Earle M. Jorgensen Company
Street
1900 Mitchell Boulevard
City
Schaumburg
State
IL
ZIP
60193
On-site location
Bay 11

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
109

Before the incident

Cutting bands on stock.

What happened

Employee was cutting the last band on a bundle that was in the middle. As he cut the strap the piece of wood packaging between the band and bundle pinched his right index finger on to another bundle.

Injury or illness

Crushing injury of the right index finger open displaced fracture of the distal phalanx of right index finger.

Object or substance involved

Wood packaging and steel bundle

Summary line

Employee sustained an open fracture distal phalanx with a nailbed laceration of the right index finger while removing bands from material to put away.

Employee and industry

Job description
Crane Operator
SOC code
53-7021 — Crane and Tower Operators
NAICS code
423510 — Metal products (e.g., bars, ingots, plates, rods, shapes, sheets) merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
321
Total hours worked
535070
Establishment ID
688623
Employer case #
23-06

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:15:00.000
Submitted
09FEB24:21:43:00

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Source

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