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OSHA Injury Report: Mertz

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mertz in Webster City, IA 50595 resulted in days away from work. Employee was painter in machine shops.

Establishment
Mertz
Parent company
Mertz Engineering Company
Street
1811 W. 2nd St.
City
Webster City
State
IA
ZIP
50595
On-site location
Liquid Paint Booth
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Painting liquid paint using forced air hood paint gun.

Painting and began to feel weak and lightheaded. Informed supervisor.

Heat exhaustion.

High environmental temperatures.

Heat exhaustion from high temperatures.

Job description
Painter
SOC code
51-9123 — Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
NAICS code
332710 — Machine shops
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
51
Total hours worked
86116
EIN
200361084
Establishment ID
288806
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:20:20:00

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