Post Falls, ID —
OSHA Injury Report: Ground Force Mfg
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Ground Force Mfg in Post Falls, ID 83854 resulted in days away from work. Employee was welder in underground mining machinery manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ground Force Mfg
- Parent company
- Truck Bodies & Equipment International Inc.
- Street
- 6001 E. Seltice Way
- City
- Post Falls
- State
- ID
- ZIP
- 83854
- On-site location
- Fabrication Dept.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 33
Before the incident
Worker was performing steel fabrication fit-up welding duties on interior of a rock spreader truck body.
What happened
On [REDACTED] while adjusting his position on the interior steel ramp and doing a controlled slide (4-5 feet distance at 45-degrees) while kneeling the worker’s left foot caught underneath him and strained his left knee. The worker already has a pre-existing injury history on his right knee and said he was favoring the right knee so as not to hurt it. Worker did not report at the time of injury ([REDACTED]). The injury continued to bother him for several more days until he decided to report it to the Safety Department on [REDACTED]. Worker was immediately transported to seek medical at company-partnered urgent care occ-med provider.
Injury or illness
Diagnosed as Acute left knee meniscus tear.
Object or substance involved
Does not apply
Summary line
Sliding down ramp inside large steel fabricated tank left leg caught and bent and caused knee to pop.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 333131 — Underground mining machinery manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 136
- Total hours worked
- 252914
- EIN
- 203101428
- Establishment ID
- 411911
- Employer case #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:22:54:00
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.