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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Steel Erection

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Northwest Steel Erection in Des Moines, IA 50313 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Indianola Auxiliary Building
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was unspooling cable to install on crane

Employee reached into the spool of cable when his RIGHT hand was caught.

Laceration of RIGHT finger

Cable

Right finger lacerated by crane rigging

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 #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:15:00.000
Submitted
09JAN24:19:49:00

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.