Cedar Rapids, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: CEI Equipment dba KT Pacer
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at CEI Equipment dba KT Pacer in 5555 16th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in truck trailer manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- CEI Equipment dba KT Pacer
- Parent company
- KT Pacer
- Street
- 5555 16th Ave SW
- City
- Cedar Rapids
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52404
- On-site location
- Production 30/40 Jig
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 13
Before the incident
Attempting to rotate the positioner holding a trailer unit but the controller batteries required replacement.
What happened
The control module is secured in-place with plastic zip-ties. In order to replace the batteries in the module the zip-ties must be cut.
Injury or illness
Worker used a utility knife to cut the zip-ties which extended through the plastic and lacerated the left thumb from knuckle to knuckle requiring several sutures.
Object or substance involved
Tools-instruments and equipment-hand tools-non-powered; a utility knife equipped with a retractable razor blade.
Summary line
Utility knife caused thumb laceration while cutting zip ties.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 336212: Truck trailer manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 151
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 318,930
- EIN
- 421059101
- Establishment ID
- 1279628
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-30
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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