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OSHA Injury Report: Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc. in IOWA FALLS, IA 501E6 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing.

Establishment
Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.
Parent company
Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.
Street
10252 HIGHWAY 65
City
IOWA FALLS
State
IA
ZIP
501E6
On-site location
Machine #5
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
57

Opening mold to release part.

Slamming pry bar against mold latches in effort to open mold and hit thumb between pry bar and loop on the mold.

Slight fracture of right thumb.

Mold and pry bar

Jammed right thumb while trying to open mold with pry bar. Jammed thumb between pry bar and loop on mold.

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
326130 — Profile shapes (e.g., plate, rod, sheet), laminated plastics, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
90
Total hours worked
157582
EIN
421476536
Establishment ID
1005320
Employer case #
15
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30:00.000
Time of incident
20:45:00.000
Submitted
23JAN24:20:06:00

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.