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OSHA Injury Report: West Des Moines Water Works

Other illness · Other recordable case

On , an other illness at West Des Moines Water Works in West Des Moines, IA 50265 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was utility Locator in water treatment and distribution.

Establishment
West Des Moines Water Works
Parent company
West Des Moines Water Works
Street
4200 Mills Civic Parkway
City
West Des Moines
State
IA
ZIP
50265
On-site location
WDM Water Tower
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Meeting with contractor doing soil bores behind water tower in weeds

Came in contact with poison ivy Meeting with contractor doing soil bores behind water tower in weeds.

Poison Ivy (R) Ankle

Came in contact with poison ivy

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Job description
Utility Locator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
221310 — Water treatment and distribution
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
38
Total hours worked
69611
EIN
426024956
Establishment ID
194710
Employer case #
2023-044-K
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Submitted
20FEB24:16:58:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.