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OSHA Injury Report: Ritchie Industries Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
17

EE attempted to remove a finished part from a mold (600) but the part was suck in the mold.

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.

Acute Thoracic Back Pain Left Side (Strain)

600 Finished Base unit stuck in mold fixture which required the part to be pried out of the mold.

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.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
15:30:00.000
Time of incident
16:59:00.000
Submitted
08JAN24:20:40:00

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.