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OSHA Injury Report: DEF - South Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at DEF - South Plant in Oshkosh, WI 54902 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was assembler in heavy truck assembly on chassis of own manufacture.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Installing torque rod on PLS

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.

Chipped Tooth Laceration

Torque rod

Chipped Tooth Laceration to Left Mouth caused by Torque rod

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
Avg employees
585
Total hours worked
1196490
EIN
471133037
Establishment ID
197253
Employer case #
IN-202504
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
7:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02MAR26:18:43:00

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.