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OSHA Injury Report: Unverferth Manufacturing

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Unverferth Manufacturing in Shell Rock, IA 50670 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was cNC laser operator in wagons, farm-type, manufacturing.

Establishment
Unverferth Manufacturing
Parent company
Unverferth Manufacturing
Street
27612 Temple Avenue
City
Shell Rock
State
IA
ZIP
50670
On-site location
North press department
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Moving material with fork truck

Moving 3.4 plate (3 sheets + 4594lbs). Lowering forks and driving forward the lift slid off the forks about 4ft off the ground causing the fork truck to tip forward lifting the back end of the fork truck off the ground and slamming the fork back down.

Back soreness

Force slammed downward into the fork truck seat

Other back force slammed downward into fork truck seat

Job description
CNC laser operator
SOC code
51-9161 — Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
NAICS code
333111 — Wagons, farm-type, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
433
Total hours worked
897431
Establishment ID
1537708
Employer case #
25-9
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
6:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
03MAR26:18:23:00

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.