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OSHA Injury Report: Alpha Baking Polk

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Alpha Baking Polk in 5001 W Polk, Chicago, IL 60644 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was foreman lead coordinator in frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Alpha Baking Polk
Parent company
Alpha Baking
Street
5001 W Polk
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60644
On-site location
packaging Machine

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Before the incident

was explaining what was wrong with pillow pack to maintenance

What happened

put his hand in the gate that holds the bread back and gate closed

Injury or illness

R hand soft tissue injury

Object or substance involved

gate of pillow pack

Summary line

R hand crush injury when it got caught by the gate

Employee and industry

Job description
foreman lead coordinator
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311812 — Frozen bread and bread-type rolls, made in commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
577
Total hours worked
1201460
EIN
310969495
Establishment ID
1495436
Employer case #
56C019684

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
17:34
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:22:47:00

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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.