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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
Yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was manipulating a stack of 65 gallon toters at Groot Easts Container shop. Both the stack he was manipulating and the stack behind it fell forward pinning him to the ground. Both stacks were saturated with rain and therefore particularly heavy. Fellow drivers rushed to [REDACTED]s aid and called an ambulance. [REDACTED] was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder.

What happened

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] CST [REDACTED] was manipulating a stack of 65 gallon toters at Groot Easts Container shop. Both the stack he was manipulating and the stack behind it fell forward pinning him to the ground. Both stacks were saturated with rain and therefore particularly heavy. Fellow drivers rushed to [REDACTED]s aid and called an ambulance. [REDACTED] was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder

Injury or illness

Dislocated shouler

Object or substance involved

Totes falling on him

Summary line

Dislocated shoulder

Employee and industry

Job description
Driver
SOC code
53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
NAICS code
562111 — Garbage collection services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
219
Total hours worked
556560
Establishment ID
1221786
Employer case #
1E01E06004

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:55
Time of incident
8:19
Filing year
2024
Submitted
15JAN2025:17:58:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.