galesburg, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Gates Galesburg
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Gates Galesburg in 630 US Highway 130 East, galesburg, IL 61401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator Millman in plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Gates Galesburg
- Parent company
- Gates Galesburg
- Street
- 630 US Highway 130 East
- City
- galesburg
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 61401
- On-site location
- Mill 3 Wig Wag
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 30
Before the incident
Employee was inside the wig wag machine removing stuck rubber off the flapper arm
What happened
njured employee was on Mill 2 and noticed Mill 3 was having trouble. Employee went over to assist in getting rubber off the flapper arms of the wig wag machine. After review of the camera footage it showed the employee climb up into the wig wag and on top of the pallet and was trying to cut rubber with the mill knife off the flapper arms. The shift supervisor was standing in that location watching the employee perform this task. The Mill 3 [REDACTED] was also trying to assist and getting the line back up and going. At the point before the incident the Mill 3 operator was told to go double tap the foot pedal to try to get the rubber unstuck.
Injury or illness
Injury
Object or substance involved
wig wag flapper
Summary line
Fracture Broken Bone Puncture to Left Chest Ribs
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator Millman
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 326220: Plastics and rubber belts and hoses (without fittings) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 119
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 210,123
- EIN
- 840857401
- Establishment ID
- 1339202
- Employer case #
- IN-2024022
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 06:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-26
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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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