Hastings, NE —
OSHA Injury Report: T-L Irrigation Co.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at T-L Irrigation Co. in Hastings, NE 68901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was laborer and Kettleman in training in irrigation equipment, agriculture, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- T-L Irrigation Co.
- Parent company
- T-L Irrigation Co.
- Street
- 151 E Hwy 6 & AB Road
- City
- Hastings
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 68901
- On-site location
- Galvanizing Floor around the Kettle
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 33
Before the incident
A 2 person team was engaged in lifting a 5788 lb. pole out of a galvanizing kettle via crane. Injured employee was cleaning frozen drips off the pole base
What happened
The pole being extracted was most likely 6-7 ' above the level of the zinc when the chain used for lifting snapped. This failure caused a splash of hot zinc which struck employee
Injury or illness
First Second and possibly third degree burns to torso left arm back of neck
Object or substance involved
molten zinc
Summary line
First Second and possibly third degree burns to torso left arm back of neck
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Laborer and Kettleman in training
- SOC code
- 13-1151 — Training and Development Specialists
- NAICS code
- 333111 — Irrigation equipment, agriculture, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 168
- Total hours worked
- 322835
- EIN
- 470406891
- Establishment ID
- 1419646
- Employer case #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:30
- Time of incident
- 0:27
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19FEB26:15:40:00
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.