Oshkosh, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: DEF - South Plant
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at DEF - South Plant in 333 W. 29th Avenue, Oshkosh, WI 54902 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was assembler in heavy truck assembly on chassis of own manufacture.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- DEF - South Plant
- Parent company
- Oshkosh Defense
- Street
- 333 W. 29th Avenue
- City
- Oshkosh
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54902
- On-site location
- SP - CHASSIS LINE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Installing torque rod on PLS
What happened
TM was installing a torque rod on a PLS had the bolt in on axle side and the other side wasnt lining up to put the bolts in through the frame with shims. TM put a gun on the bolt that was in and at that time the torque rod came flying up and hit TM in the mouth.
Injury or illness
Chipped Tooth Laceration
Object or substance involved
Torque rod
Summary line
Chipped Tooth Laceration to Left Mouth caused by Torque rod
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Assembler
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 336120: Heavy truck assembly on chassis of own manufacture
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 585
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,196,490
- EIN
- 471133037
- Establishment ID
- 197253
- Employer case #
- IN-202504
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 07:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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