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OSHA Injury Report: Horween Leather Company

Skin disorder · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , a skin disorder at Horween Leather Company in 2015 North Elston, Chicago, IL 60614 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pasting Operator in skirting leather manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Horween Leather Company
Parent company
Horween Leather
Street
2015 North Elston
City
Chicago
State
IL
ZIP
60614
On-site location
Pasting Department areas 5th and 1st floors

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)

Before the incident

Normal work duties of pasting the active role of applying the leather to the glass frame

What happened

Bump swollen painful rash on back of both hands. It has been about a week and gotten better and worse over that week time period.

Injury or illness

Rash on Back of both hands

Object or substance involved

Possibly the pasting or cleaning chemicals that are irritants.

Summary line

Bump swollen painful rash on back of both hands. It has been about a week and gotten better and worse over that week time period.

Employee and industry

Job description
Pasting Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
316110 — Skirting leather manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
221823
EIN
361235920
Establishment ID
98039
Employer case #
2420

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
14:45
Filing year
2024
Submitted
16JAN2025:17:33:00

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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.