OSHA Injury Report: Kalida Manufacturing Inc.

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

He was cleaning up dropped small metal scrap pieces by using a metal shovel to pick them up.

What happened

He said on [REDACTED] he had used a shovel to clean up some small scrap pieces from the floor and at one point he used his left foot to slide some of those small pieces onto the shovel. When he used his foot to slide the scraps onto the shovel he felt slight pain behind his left knee. He didn 't not think much of it and did not report any issue at that time. He worked his regular job throughout the week with no issues but said over the weekend [REDACTED] at home he started feeling pain in his knee. He went to have his knee checked on [REDACTED].

Injury or illness

Initial encounter Left Knee Strain Follow up diagnosed with medial meniscus tear.

Object or substance involved

Using his foot to push scrap onto a shovel instead of using the shovel to slide it under the scrap to pick it up.

Summary line

Cleaning up small pieces of dropped scrap using a shovel. Used left foot to slide some scrap onto the shovel medial meniscus tear.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.