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OSHA Injury Report: Ditch Witch

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Ditch Witch in Perry, OK 73077 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in construction machinery manufacturing.

Establishment
Ditch Witch
Parent company
Charles Machine Works
Street
1959 W. Fir
City
Perry
State
OK
ZIP
73077
On-site location
124 Robotic Welder
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
49

Welding

Employee was trying to remove weld fixture from his turn table. One of the bolts was stuck and he pushed the control lever causing the fixture to rotate. When he got the fixture to the desired position he pulled the control lever to stop it. However the turn table kept rotating and his thumb was caught causing it to get injured. He felt a pop.

Strain

Turn Table

Employee felt a pop in his right thumb as he was trying to remove weld fixture from turn table

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
333120 — Construction machinery manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1518
Total hours worked
2993775
Establishment ID
65182
Employer case #
23-018
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:10:00.000
Submitted
05JAN24:14:13:00

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.