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OSHA Injury Report: PVS (Paxton Vierling Steel) Structures

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at PVS (Paxton Vierling Steel) Structures in Carter Lake, IA 51510 resulted in days away from work. Employee was leadman A in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

Establishment
PVS (Paxton Vierling Steel) Structures
Parent company
Owen Industries
Street
501 Avenue H
City
Carter Lake
State
IA
ZIP
51510
On-site location
PVS (Structures) North Bay
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
160
Days restricted or transferred
20

Grinding a metal angle.

Employee was grinding a piece of metal angle and the grinding wheel broke and it cut through his PPE striking him on the left side of his face which resulted in loss of left eye.

Laceration and fracture with bone fragmentation to left side of face and loss of left eye.

Grinder wheel.

Employee was grinding a piece of metal angle and the grinding wheel broke and it cut through his PPE striking him on the left side of his face which resulted in loss of left eye.

Job description
Leadman A
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
332312 — Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
92
Total hours worked
190075
EIN
470618875
Establishment ID
215527
Employer case #
202300009
Date of incident
Shift started
14:03:00.000
Time of incident
22:23:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:02:51:00

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.