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OSHA Injury Report: James Hardie Building Products, Peru IL

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at James Hardie Building Products, Peru IL in Peru, IL 61354 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was employee in concrete products, precast (except block, brick and pipe), manufacturing.

Establishment
James Hardie Building Products, Peru IL
Parent company
James Hardie Building Products
Street
17 Unytite Dr.
City
Peru
State
IL
ZIP
61354
On-site location
NLM paste diverter at the end of the 250 screws
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
23

This was the first task for the day

Operator was tasked with cleaning the diverter which is a normal task for him. He got positioned by putting his knee of the ground and reached above his head using a hand held scraper to remove debris from the inside of the diverter. Operator said that he felt a twinge in his back that resulted in pain localized to the small of his back.

Lower Back Strain

Handheld Scraper being used in a poor ergonomic position

Lower back strain while cleaning the Trim Diverter

Job description
Employee
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
327390 — Concrete products, precast (except block, brick and pipe), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
450
Total hours worked
953466
EIN
880351165
Establishment ID
93143
Employer case #
2025-1590
Date of incident
Shift started
6:45
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:17:31:00

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.