IOWA FALLS, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 57
Before the incident
Opening mold to release part.
What happened
Slamming pry bar against mold latches in effort to open mold and hit thumb between pry bar and loop on the mold.
Injury or illness
Slight fracture of right thumb.
Object or substance involved
Mold and pry bar
Summary line
Jammed right thumb while trying to open mold with pry bar. Jammed thumb between pry bar and loop on mold.
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 20:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 23JAN24:20:06:00
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.