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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 dRV 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
Transportation Parking Lot to the east of the north side of the Paper Tape Plant
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Employee was getting out of the semi 's truck cab to go to his personal pickup truck. He had both feet on the ground about to shut the truck door.

As he turned he fell. He grabbed onto the vertical support bar of the cab of the truck to the side of the door. In doing this it flung his body around and he landed on his tailbone.

Acute Lumbar Sprain Strain due to Fall

Ground (gravel parking lot)

Acute Lumbar Sprain Strain due to Fall on same level significant aggravation of pre-existing condition

Job description
DRV
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 #
2023-16
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:22:48:00

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.