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OSHA Injury Report: Chief Fabrication

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Chief Fabrication in Grand Island, NE 68802 resulted in days away from work. Employee was powder Coat Operator in bale throwers manufacturing.

Establishment
Chief Fabrication
Parent company
Chief Industries
Street
1119 S Adams
City
Grand Island
State
NE
ZIP
68802
On-site location
Off Load Side
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
35

Helping to direct a tube into a rack.

Employee was outside the rack helping to direct a tube into it he grabbed the tube and the operator loading the tube accidently ran it into his hand.

Impact on (R) hand thumb tip causing deep laceration and a fragment of a broken bone.

The rack

Smashed (R) thumb betwwen tube and rack while assisting worker loading parts.

Job description
Powder Coat Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
333111 — Bale throwers manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
186
Total hours worked
373671
EIN
470444429
Establishment ID
96768
Employer case #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:30:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:13:45:00

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.