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OSHA Injury Report: The Great Lakes Towing Company

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at The Great Lakes Towing Company in Cleveland, OH 44102 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was naval Architect in ship Building/ Ship Repair.

Establishment
The Great Lakes Towing Company
Parent company
Great Lakes Towing Company
Street
4500 Division Ave
City
Cleveland
State
OH
ZIP
44102
On-site location
Inside the main shop at the plasma cutting table.
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Employee was walking on the cutting table to inspect a bracket he had cut from a sheet of steel.

Employee was tasked with cutting a bracket from a sheet of steel with the plasma cutter. After inspecting the bracket he stepped off the cutting table and slipped off the top step. He fell back against the stairs injuring his back and shoulders.

Contusion of thoracic spine neck left shoulder and left elbow. General soreness.

Employee slipped on a rag that was left on the top step. Employee fell back against the set of steel stairs.

Contusion of thoracic spine neck left shoulder and left elbow. General soreness. Employee tripped stepping down from the cutting table.

Job description
Naval Architect
SOC code
17-2121 — Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
NAICS code
336611 — Ship Building/ Ship Repair
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
133
Total hours worked
188548
EIN
341225181
Establishment ID
572940
Employer case #
2025-0001
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00
Time of incident
13:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
22JAN26:12:25:00

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.