Rock Springs, WY ·
OSHA Injury Report: ABW Plant - Rock Springs
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at ABW Plant - Rock Springs in 515 State Highway 430, Rock Springs, WY 82901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Worker 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-Hatch
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
lifting the scroll guard (cow catcher)
What happened
Corroded shackle broke while trying to hoist scroll guard which resulted in employee being struck in the face with the hoist.
Injury or illness
Bruise to the cheek and four pieces of rust removed from the left eye
Object or substance involved
Hoist hit employee in the face.
Summary line
Chain hoist shackle failed and chain hit mechanic in the face. Mechanic was looked at by EMT and then transported to hospital to be looked at.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Worker
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 325312: Fertilizer manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 470
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 663,665
- EIN
- 820196611
- Establishment ID
- 979417
- Employer case #
- 20232370
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 02:00
- 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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