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OSHA Injury Report: Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant in Wheeling, IL 60090 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel.

Establishment
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant
Parent company
Taubensee Steel & Wire
Street
600 Diens Drive
City
Wheeling
State
IL
ZIP
60090
On-site location
Wire Draw Machine #4
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

Cutting wire and placing the end on a carrier

After he cut the wire he placed one end of it on the carrier. As he was doing that the other end sprung back and went up his sleeve cutting his arm.

Laceration to left forearm and elbow.

The cut edge of wire material

Laceration of left forearm being struck by end of wire

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331222 — Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
112
Total hours worked
237125
EIN
362065420
Establishment ID
849588
Employer case #
25-068
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
16:39
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:15:46:00

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.