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OSHA Injury Report: Olympic Steel Iowa, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Olympic Steel Iowa, Inc. in Bettendorf, IA 52722 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was blaster Operator in steel merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Olympic Steel Iowa, Inc.
Parent company
Olympic Steel Iowa, Inc
Street
6425 State Street
City
Bettendorf
State
IA
ZIP
52722
On-site location
Plate Blaster
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
30

Employee was running the strat-o-vac moving parts from the blaster table to the off load table using a remote hand switch

When employee moved the strips over to the off load table he cupped the material with his right hand and got the right pinky finger pinched between the part and the post on the table corner

Laceration to the right pinky finger

Steel part and post of the table

Laceration to Right pinky finger

Job description
Blaster Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
423510 — Steel merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
92
Total hours worked
193822
EIN
411879071
Establishment ID
984394
Employer case #
23-2
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:40:00.000
Submitted
01FEB24:13:52:00

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.