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OSHA Injury Report: US Gyspum Fort Dodge

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
14
Days restricted or transferred
1

Wiping sweat off his safety glasses

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

Nature of InjuryIllness Eye Injury Body Parts EyesLeft

Metal fragments from a bearing

Nature of InjuryIllness Eye Injury Cause of InjuryIllnessStruck byagainst Body Parts EyesLeft Object Substance Metal fragments from a bearing

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
Date of incident
Shift started
14:45:00.000
Time of incident
19:10:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:15:20:00

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.