Normal, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Bridgestone Bloomington OTR
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Bridgestone Bloomington OTR in Normal, IL 61761 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was oRR Tire Builder in tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bridgestone Bloomington OTR
- Parent company
- Bridgestone
- Street
- 1600 Fort Jesse Rd
- City
- Normal
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 61761
- On-site location
- F Line Slab Loader
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Walking from one side of the machine to the other
What happened
Teammate was walking from mill to cooling rack on opposite side of slab loader. Rubber was looped from skid to slab loader belt. In order to avoid stepping over skid of rubber teammate ducked under end of slab loader to get to cooling rack and hit head on bottom of roller bearing housing.
Injury or illness
Laceration
Object or substance involved
Roller bearing housing
Summary line
Head laceration from contact with roller bearing housing
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ORR Tire Builder
- SOC code
- 51-9197 — Tire Builders
- NAICS code
- 326211 — Tires (e.g., pneumatic, semi-pneumatic, solid rubber) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 388
- Total hours worked
- 722286
- EIN
- 880335067
- Establishment ID
- 1428616
- Employer case #
- 47609
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27JAN26:19:31:00
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.