Fort Dodge, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: US Gyspum Fort Dodge
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at US Gyspum Fort Dodge in Fort Dodge, IA 50501 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mFGOperator 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
- West Palletizer Pallet Magazine
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 14
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Wiping sweat off his safety glasses
What happened
An employee was using a sledge hammer to try and straighten out the pallet pusher on the west palletizer pallet magazine when he struck a bearing breaking it causing fragments to strike a nearby employee in the left eye
Injury or illness
Nature of InjuryIllness Eye Injury Body Parts EyesLeft
Object or substance involved
Metal fragments from a bearing
Summary line
Nature of InjuryIllness Eye Injury Cause of InjuryIllnessStruck byagainst Body Parts EyesLeft Object Substance Metal fragments from a bearing
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MFGOperator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 325520 — Ready MixJoint Treatment, Hydrocal and Quarry
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 147
- Total hours worked
- 306602
- EIN
- 361898410
- Establishment ID
- 311027
- Employer case #
- US-FORT DO
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:45:00.000
- Time of incident
- 19:10:00.000
- Submitted
- 23FEB24:15:20:00
Source
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.