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OSHA Injury Report: Mapleton Foundry

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mapleton Foundry in Mapleton, IL 61547 resulted in days away from work. Employee was foundry Machine Repair Mechanic in foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel).

Establishment
Mapleton Foundry
Parent company
Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry
Street
8826 West Route 24
City
Mapleton
State
IL
ZIP
61547
On-site location
Building D Dept 445
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Installing new power cables on melter 3

Copper pipe above the employee broke off and hit employee on the back of the head and neck.

Contusion

Copper pipe

Contusion back of neck

Job description
Foundry Machine Repair Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331511 — Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1186
Total hours worked
2428676
Establishment ID
1501633
Employer case #
918940
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
4:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:17:43:00

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.