Siloam Springs, AR ·
OSHA Injury Report: Pipelife Jetstream
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Pipelife Jetstream in 1700 South Lincoln St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in PVC pipe manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Pipelife Jetstream
- Parent company
- General Shale Brick, Inc.
- Street
- 1700 South Lincoln St.
- City
- Siloam Springs
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72761
- On-site location
- Line 436 Gasket Loader
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 121
Before the incident
The injured employee was responding a call from a line operator having issues with his machine.
What happened
The injured worker was troubleshooting damages on line 436. The area of the machine that was having issues was the beller gasket loader. The beller is the area of the machine where one end of the pipe is expanded so that the pipe can be installed end-to-end. This type of pipe required a gasket ring be seated into the belled end of the pipe. The injured worker was inspecting the rubber gasket by reaching through the opening in the gasket ring holder. While feeling around the rubber gasket for leaks the gasket ring loader mandrel closed on the employee 's left foreman. The employee 's left forearm was caught in between the gasket loader mandrel and the gasket ring holder.
Injury or illness
The employee 's left forearm was caught in between the mandrel and gasket holder on line 436 at the beller. Breaking the Ulna and Radius. Including laceration to the area on the forearm that was crushed.
Object or substance involved
The employee was caught in between the gasket loader mandrel and gasket holder.
Summary line
E 'ee left forearm was caught in between the mandrel and gasket holder on line 436 at the beller. Breaking both the ulna and radius. Including laceration to the area of the forearm that was crushed.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 326122: PVC pipe manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 130
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 270,583
- EIN
- 731587461
- Establishment ID
- 116400
- Employer case #
- PL202402
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 12:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-18
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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