Cleveland, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: The Great Lakes Towing Company
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at The Great Lakes Towing Company in 4500 Division Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was naval Architect in ship Building/ Ship Repair.
Where did this happen?
- 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.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was walking on the cutting table to inspect a bracket he had cut from a sheet of steel.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Contusion of thoracic spine neck left shoulder and left elbow. General soreness.
Object or substance involved
Employee slipped on a rag that was left on the top step. Employee fell back against the set of steel stairs.
Summary line
Contusion of thoracic spine neck left shoulder and left elbow. General soreness. Employee tripped stepping down from the cutting table.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Naval Architect
- SOC code
- 17-2121: Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
- NAICS code
- 336611: Ship Building/ Ship Repair
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 133
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 188,548
- EIN
- 341225181
- Establishment ID
- 572940
- Employer case #
- 2025-0001
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 13:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-22
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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