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OSHA Injury Report: Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location in Shell Rock, IA 50670 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing.

Establishment
Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location
Parent company
Unverferth Manufacturing
Street
27612 Temple Avenue
City
Shell Rock
State
IA
ZIP
50670
On-site location
South Press Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
46
Days restricted or transferred
28

Pressing part in brake press.

Pressing part. Part rolled up as brake press was bending. Pinched the right thumb between side wall of the die and the sheet metal part being pressed. Employee was wearing gloves and safety features and machine function was working properly. (Improper work technique)

Right hand thumb tip amputation

Sidewall of die - sheet metal part being pressed

Pressing part. Right fingertip amputation

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
333111 — Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
413
Total hours worked
938900
EIN
340936989
Establishment ID
53859
Employer case #
23-15
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
5:20:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:15:46:00

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.