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OSHA Injury Report: Joplin Mineral Wool Plant

Injury · Days away from work

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.

Establishment
Joplin Mineral Wool Plant
Street
1983 South State Line Avenue
City
Joplin
State
MO
ZIP
64804
On-site location
Stacker
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
47

Skipping chain on [REDACTED]

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.

Avulsion to right middle finger

chain and sprocket

Avulsion to right middle finger

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
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:47
Filing year
2025
Submitted
16JAN26:21:31:00

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.