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 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
- Avg employees
- 151
- Total hours worked
- 318930
- EIN
- 421059101
- Establishment ID
- 1279628
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 8:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 30JAN2025:17:44:00
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.