OSHA Injury Report: US Gypsum Plaster City

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

He was placing sluetters on the ground and he stepped over the sluetter as he was walking back to his forklift and stepped on the sluetter

What happened

On [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] the operator reported that during his shift on [REDACTED] he accidentally stepped on a slutter Initially he did not feel any pain and did not consider reporting the incident However the following [REDACTED] the operator started experiencing discomfort in his right knee and reported the incident to the supervisor The employee was taken to the service office where he was provided Ibuprofen and an ice pack was applied to the right knee Throughout the shift the employee was closely monitored As a result the incident will be discussed in a safety huddle to remind operators to remain focused on their task and emphasize the importance of reporting any incident regardless of its perceived severity

Injury or illness

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrainOverexertion Body Parts KneesRight

Object or substance involved

Sluetter employee stepped on the sluetter causing his ankle to roll over and then felt a pop in his knee

Summary line

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrainOverexertion Cause of InjuryIllnessRoutine Motion Body Parts KneesRight Object Substance Sluetter employee stepped on the sluetter causing his ankle to roll over and then felt a pop in his knee

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.