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OSHA Injury Report: Poplar Bluff

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Poplar Bluff in Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pTO in nails, iron or steel, made in wire drawing plants.

Establishment
Poplar Bluff
Parent company
Mid-Continent Steel & Wire
Street
2700 Central Ave
City
Poplar Bluff
State
MO
ZIP
63901
On-site location
Paper Tape Plant Cell #5
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
43

The employee was trying to remove a nail strip from the box ejector cylinder using her finger and thumb.

When the employee released the nail strip the built up pressure in the cylinder caused the ejector arm to snap back smashing her finger and thumb.

Smashed first knuckle on her right hand on her pointer finger and the thumb on her right hand.

Box ejector cylinder

Right hand 's pointer finger & thumb smashed by box ejector arm

Job description
PTO
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 #
2023-03
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:22:20:00

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.