Conrad, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Ritchie Industries Inc
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Ritchie Industries Inc in Conrad, IA 50621 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was molder in cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ritchie Industries Inc
- Parent company
- Ritchie Industries Inc
- Street
- 120 South Main Street
- City
- Conrad
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50621
- On-site location
- Roto Mold - Platform 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
EE attempted to remove a finished part from a mold (600) but the part was suck in the mold.
What happened
The EE was using a prybar to remove the part. As he pulled the prybar upward the EE alleged that he felt sharp pain of the left side of his back just below the shoulder blade.
Injury or illness
Acute Thoracic Back Pain Left Side (Strain)
Object or substance involved
600 Finished Base unit stuck in mold fixture which required the part to be pried out of the mold.
Summary line
Acute Thoracic Back Pain; Left Side; Prying molder part out of mold and over exerted causing strain to the upper left side of the back.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Molder
- SOC code
- 51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 333111 — Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 70
- Total hours worked
- 130073
- EIN
- 421147837
- Establishment ID
- 1068669
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 16:59:00.000
- Submitted
- 08JAN24:20:40:00
Source
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.