Lafayette, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Heartland Automotive
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Heartland Automotive in Lafayette, IN 47909 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was recycling Lead in motor vehicle trimmings manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Heartland Automotive
- Parent company
- Heartland Automotive
- Street
- 3700 David Howarth Drive, Office Lobby
- City
- Lafayette
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 47909
- On-site location
- Doors Department Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 107
Before the incident
Moving 55 gallon drum onto [REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was moving a 55 gallon drum full of flammable liquid onto a dolly. The drum started to tip to the side and employee attempted to stop it by catching it. Felt intense pain in his lower back.
Injury or illness
Strained lower back.
Object or substance involved
55 gallon drum
Summary line
Lower back muscle fascia and tendon sprain due to employee 's attempt to stop a tipping drum on dolly.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Recycling Lead
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 336360 — Motor vehicle trimmings manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 397
- Total hours worked
- 1371466
- EIN
- 352026865
- Establishment ID
- 1278029
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 14FEB2025:18:04:00
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.