Fort Dodge, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: US Gyspum Fort Dodge
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at US Gyspum Fort Dodge in 2110 Paragon Avenue, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was MFGMechanic in ready MixJoint Treatment, Hydrocal and Quarry.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- US Gyspum Fort Dodge
- Parent company
- USG
- Street
- 2110 Paragon Avenue
- City
- Fort Dodge
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50501
- On-site location
- CBase Tube Mill burner
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Cleaning off CBase Tube Mill [REDACTED]
What happened
While the employee was cleaning the CBase tube mill burner with a wire brush and the combustion fan still on a piece of debris got into their eyes resulting in a scratch on their right eye The employee had the proper PPE on but the goggles had not made a complete seal around his eyes allowing dust to get inside
Injury or illness
Nature of InjuryIllness Eye Injury Body Parts EyesRight
Object or substance involved
May have been a piece of dust or metal debris none was found in the examination
Summary line
Nature of InjuryIllness Eye Injury Cause of InjuryIllnessEye Injury foreign material Body Parts EyesRight Object Substance May have been a piece of dust or metal debris none was found in the examination
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MFGMechanic
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 325520: Ready MixJoint Treatment, Hydrocal and Quarry
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 147
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 306,602
- EIN
- 361898410
- Establishment ID
- 311027
- Employer case #
- US-FORT DO
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-23
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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