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OSHA Injury Report: Unverferth Manufacturing- Kalida Division

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Unverferth Manufacturing- Kalida Division in Kalida, OH 45853 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was press Operator in harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing.

Establishment
Unverferth Manufacturing- Kalida Division
Parent company
Unverferth Manufacturing
Street
601 South Broad Street
City
Kalida
State
OH
ZIP
45853
On-site location
Shear and Brake Department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
47

Employee was lifting light bar plates. He was moving them from the brake press to a rack.

Injured employee and a co-worker were running light bar plates on the brake press. The parts weigh 73 pounds. They were taking them out of the brake press to a rack. During this process he twisted while making a lift or during a lift and all of a sudden he got a sharp pain in his lower back and down into his (R) hip and leg.

Lower Back (R) Hip Leg Strain.

Repeated Motion Pressure While Lifting.

[REDACTED] Strain Back Lifting Light Bar Plates.

Job description
Press Operator
SOC code
51-4031 — Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Te
NAICS code
333111 — Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
336
Total hours worked
678665
EIN
340936989
Establishment ID
88632
Employer case #
11
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
7:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:17:41:00

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.