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OSHA Injury Report: Groot East

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Groot East in 2500 Landmeier Road, Elk Grove, IL 60007 resulted in days away from work. Employee was driver in garbage collection services.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Groot East
Parent company
Groot Recycling & Waste Services, Inc.
Street
2500 Landmeier Road
City
Elk Grove
State
IL
ZIP
60007
On-site location
on route

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
84
Days restricted or transferred
25

Before the incident

The EE was servicing an account and was pushing the container into corral. While doing that he felt a discomfort in the groin. The EE was diagnosed with a Hernia.

What happened

The EE was servicing an account and was pushing the container into corral. While doing that he felt a discomfort in the groin. The EE was diagnosed with a Hernia.

Injury or illness

hernia

Object or substance involved

pushing pulling

Summary line

The EE was servicing an account and was pushing the container into corral. While doing that he felt a discomfort in the groin. The EE was diagnosed with a Hernia.

Employee and industry

Job description
driver
SOC code
53-7081 — Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
215
Total hours worked
534014
Establishment ID
1221786
Employer case #
1E01E01411

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:13:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
02MAR24:19:03:00

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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.