Galesville, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: GEA Farm Technologies, Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at GEA Farm Technologies, Inc in 20903 W. Gale Ave, Galesville, WI 54630 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was fabricator in cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- GEA Farm Technologies, Inc
- Parent company
- GEA Farm Technologies, Inc
- Street
- 20903 W. Gale Ave
- City
- Galesville
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54630
- On-site location
- Building C Welding Cell
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Welding on a weld platen with weld helmet down and proper PPE being worn.
What happened
While MIG galvanized welding a spark landed on his lower left pant leg and ignited his blue jeans on fire. He ddin 't notice it because of PPE welding helmet was on. He smelt smoke and took off helmet and witnessed the lower left pant leg was on fire. He tried to put out the fire by patting it with a leather welding glove and it wasn 't working so he dumped water on the pant leg and extinguished it. He then he resumed welding for the remainder of his shift (2 hours)
Injury or illness
Lower Left Leg---lower part of the shin above the ankle. Dr. reported it as a partial thickness burn.
Object or substance involved
Welding sparks ignited cotton jeans. Flames from jeans caused partial thickness burn.
Summary line
Burn to his lower left leg shin area -just above the ankle. Lower left leg jean pants cought on fire while welding. Noted in Dr. report as Partial Thickness Burn
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fabricator
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333111: Cattle feeding and watering equipment manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 97
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 159,646
- Establishment ID
- 193784
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-22
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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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