DeWitt, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Guardian Industries
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Guardian Industries in DeWitt, IA 52742 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was lower Line Operator in flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Guardian Industries
- Street
- 300 South 5th Ave East
- City
- DeWitt
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52742
- On-site location
- Outside cell of High-Speed Stacker 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was walking up a set of steps to get up to the stacker cell where the glass is stored.
What happened
A safety gate that prohibits access to the cell if the fall protection gate isn 't closed was not moved prior to attempting to access the area. Employee walked into that gate knocking him off balance and he fell back down the small set of stairs hitting his head on the floor.
Injury or illness
Small laceration to the back of the head requiring 4 staples from the ER.
Object or substance involved
Contact with concrete floor while wearing hard hat.
Summary line
Laceration to back of head after a fall down stairs to the cell.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lower Line Operator
- SOC code
- 51-2092 — Team Assemblers
- NAICS code
- 327211 — Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 205
- Total hours worked
- 487476
- Establishment ID
- 1118484
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:14:10:00
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.