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OSHA Injury Report: Wheatland Tube Western Tube

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Wheatland Tube Western Tube in Rochelle, IL 61068 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine operator in tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel.

Establishment
Wheatland Tube Western Tube
Parent company
Zekelman Industries
Street
1600 Ritchie Court
City
Rochelle
State
IL
ZIP
61068
On-site location
East plant Mill 3 Zinc platform
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Working on zinc platform

Bending over using tools to shovel zinc

Strain

Zinc and shovel being used

upper back strain

Job description
machine operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331210 — Tube (e.g., heavy riveted, lock joint, seamless, welded) made from purchased iron or steel
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
265
Total hours worked
441931
EIN
231327437
Establishment ID
1244604
Employer case #
IE-2401-01
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00:00.000
Time of incident
22:00:00.000
Submitted
25JUN24:19:06:00

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.