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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Steel Erection

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Northwest Steel Erection in Des Moines, IA 50313 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ironworker in erecting structural steel.

Establishment
Northwest Steel Erection
Parent company
Northwest Steel Erection
Street
6285 NE Industry Drive
City
Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50313
On-site location
Rock Creek job site
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Guiding iron beam for final placement from height

Employee placed hand at beam end and was caught between the load and the concrete wall.

Two fingers on RIGHT hand were lacerated requiring stitches.

Beam and concrete wall

Laceration of two fingers on RIGHT hand

Job description
Ironworker
SOC code
47-2221 — Structural Iron and Steel Workers
NAICS code
238120 — Erecting structural steel
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
161
Total hours worked
337225
EIN
462866279
Establishment ID
977690
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:30:00.000
Submitted
09JAN24:19:44:00

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.