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OSHA Injury Report: American Highway

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at American Highway in 2150-B South Route 45-52, Kankakee, IL 60901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator I in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
American Highway
Parent company
American Highway (A Simplex Company)
Street
2150-B South Route 45-52
City
Kankakee
State
IL
ZIP
60901
On-site location
Inside Robot Cage at Auto Basket 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
69

Before the incident

Employee was operating the machine and the machine jammed up so employee pushed the emergency stop and entered the robot cage to clear the jam.

What happened

As the employee was clearing the jam he took a step back and bumped his head against the welded dowel assembly which was lifted by robot. Employee was wearing hard hat.

Injury or illness

Neck and shoulder strain.

Object or substance involved

Welded dowel assembly lifted by robot came in contact with employees hard hat.

Summary line

Neck and Shoulder Strain

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator I
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332312 — Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
63
Total hours worked
154153
EIN
384063568
Establishment ID
728981
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26FEB24:18:17:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.