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 pTO 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
- Paper Tape Plant Cell #5
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 43
Before the incident
The employee was trying to remove a nail strip from the box ejector cylinder using her finger and thumb.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Smashed first knuckle on her right hand on her pointer finger and the thumb on her right hand.
Object or substance involved
Box ejector cylinder
Summary line
Right hand 's pointer finger & thumb smashed by box ejector arm
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 15:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 05FEB24:22:20:00
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.