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OSHA Injury Report: Smalley Steel Ring Co

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Smalley Steel Ring Co in Lake Zurich, IL 60047 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was setup operator in flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing.

Establishment
Smalley Steel Ring Co
Parent company
Smalley Steel Ring
Street
555 Oakwood Rd
City
Lake Zurich
State
IL
ZIP
60047
On-site location
retaining rings
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

during a setup employee was removing a part attached by allen socket head bolts. He used a t-handle allen wrench in his right hand to loosen the bolts and then used his left hand fingers to unscrew them the rest of the way.

Employee states while manually unscrewing the bolt he felt a sharp pain in the area where the thumb meets the palm of the hand

strain sprain

bodily motion ergonomics

strain sprain to left thumb while unscrewing a cap head screw

Job description
setup operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332613 — Flat springs (except clock, watch), light gauge, made from purchased wire or strip, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
600
Total hours worked
1210045
EIN
362517995
Establishment ID
1086914
Employer case #
23-04
Date of incident
Shift started
18:30:00.000
Time of incident
19:30:00.000
Submitted
27FEB24:18:52:00

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.