Rock Springs, WY —
OSHA Injury Report: ABW Plant - Rock Springs
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at ABW Plant - Rock Springs in Rock Springs, WY 82901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in fertilizer manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- ABW Plant - Rock Springs
- Parent company
- JR Simplot Co.
- Street
- 515 State Highway 430
- City
- Rock Springs
- State
- WY
- ZIP
- 82901
- On-site location
- Phos Acid-Badger
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 28
Before the incident
Actuating a valve with a pipe wrench
What happened
Roll Pin was broken off of plug valve so employee was opening valve with a pipe wrench on the valve stem. The valve broke free unexpectedly causing sudden movement. Employees right thumb contacted scaffolding causing a laceration and hairline fracture.
Injury or illness
Laceration-2 Stitches Thumb hairline Fracture
Object or substance involved
Scaffold and Pipe Wrench
Summary line
Right Thumb Hairline Fracture Right Thumb Laceration Scrape Puncture Injection - Hitting objects with a part of the body (struck by or against) - Scaffold and Pipe WrenchPinched between
Employee and industry
- Job description
- operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 325312 — Fertilizer manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 470
- Total hours worked
- 663665
- EIN
- 820196611
- Establishment ID
- 979417
- Employer case #
- 20231520
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 4:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 23FEB24:18:39:00
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.