Joplin, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Joplin Mineral Wool Plant
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Joplin Mineral Wool Plant in Joplin, MO 64804 resulted in days away from work. Employee was reliability Technician in mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Joplin Mineral Wool Plant
- Street
- 1983 South State Line Avenue
- City
- Joplin
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 64804
- On-site location
- Stacker
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 47
Before the incident
Skipping chain on [REDACTED]
What happened
Employee was working on Stacker rebuild replacing old chain with new chain. The employee used both hands to skip the chain on the sprocket teeth to line it up. When doing so pinched his middle finger between the chain and sprocket.
Injury or illness
Avulsion to right middle finger
Object or substance involved
chain and sprocket
Summary line
Avulsion to right middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Reliability Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3026 — Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- NAICS code
- 327993 — Mineral wool insulation materials manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 145
- Total hours worked
- 464501
- Establishment ID
- 1179341
- Employer case #
- 201284
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 13:47
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 16JAN26:21:31:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.