Poplar Bluff, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Poplar Bluff
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Poplar Bluff in Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mNTII in nails, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Poplar Bluff
- Parent company
- Mid-Continent Steel & Wire
- Street
- 2700 Central Ave
- City
- Poplar Bluff
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 63901
- On-site location
- Collated Plant Cell #45 Magnetic Conveyor Control Panel
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 30
- Days restricted or transferred
- 68
Before the incident
Employee had just started his shift prior to the incident. He was assigned a couple work orders one of which was to take care of a wire feeding into electrical that 's insulation had slipped out of the seal tite.
What happened
Employee found the wires undid the connectors for seal tite pushed insulation of wires into the electrical box pushed the rubber grommet up and that 's when the box arc flashed. The panel on the front of the box flew off and struck the employee in the head. Employee pushed wires into the electrical box without using a meter to check whether it was energized. Employee failed to de-energize equipment or even make attempt to prior to performing repairs.
Injury or illness
Right eye and temple area impact causing blurred vision in the right eye w limited peripheral vision. Slight laceration and contusion above right eye at the temple. Brain fog. Temporarily loss of vision and hearing due to the arc blast.
Object or substance involved
Electrical Panel Door
Summary line
Eye & Face Contusion along with vision impairment due to being struck in the face by the electrical panel door when bare wires made contact causing it to arc.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MNTII
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331222 — Nails, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 442
- Total hours worked
- 939486
- EIN
- 431070592
- Establishment ID
- 563491
- Employer case #
- 2023-01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:15:00.000
- Submitted
- 05FEB24:22:14:00
Source
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.