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OSHA Injury Report: Mervis Iron & Metal

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mervis Iron & Metal in Danville, IL 61832 resulted in days away from work. Employee was switchman in metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers.

Establishment
Mervis Iron & Metal
Parent company
Mervis Industries
Street
2313 Cannon St.
City
Danville
State
IL
ZIP
61832
On-site location
Cannon Yard - Railway
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
4

Switching Railcars

Employee was switching rail cars at the time of the injury. He was attempting to straighten a rail coupler and his hand got caught between the two couplers.

Partial Amputation to the right thumb

Rail Coupler

Partial Amputation - Right Thumb - Rail Coupler

Job description
Switchman
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
423930 — Metal scrap and waste merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
61
Total hours worked
127563
EIN
370812150
Establishment ID
63474
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:45:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:17:04:00

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.