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OSHA Injury Report: Freeburg, IL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Freeburg, IL in Freeburg, IL 62243 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was grinder in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.

Establishment
Freeburg, IL
Parent company
HUBBELL-WEIGMANN
Street
501 West Apple Street
City
Freeburg
State
IL
ZIP
62243
On-site location
JW Line
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Changing the grinding wheel

The employee inadvertently hit the power switch on the grinder and the grinding wheel disc began rotating. The rotating disc contacted the employees left index finger causing a laceration requiring sutures.

Cut laceration

Grinding wheel

Cut laceration to the left index finger

Job description
Grinder
SOC code
51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
332117 — Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
139
Total hours worked
267355
Establishment ID
1411756
Employer case #
43
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:25
Filing year
2024
Submitted
26MAR2025:15:56:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.