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OSHA Injury Report: Mueller Water Products North Foundry

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mueller Water Products North Foundry in Decatur, IL 62526 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was grinder in brass foundries (except die-casting).

Establishment
Mueller Water Products North Foundry
Street
2675 N. Jasper St.
City
Decatur
State
IL
ZIP
62526
On-site location
Grinder
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Grinding a part on a bench grinder.

Employee was distracted and looked away from the grinding wheel causing his thumb to contact the wheel.

Right thumb laceration.

Grinding wheel.

Laceration to right thumb after contacting grinding wheel.

Job description
Grinder
SOC code
51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331529 — Brass foundries (except die-casting)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
106
Total hours worked
233920
Establishment ID
1189117
Employer case #
2023-DEC-N
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:14:03:00

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.