Elkader, IA · 2024-04-08

OSHA Injury Report: Mobile Track Solutions

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On 2024-04-08, an injury at Mobile Track Solutions in 203 Johnson Street, Elkader, IA 52043 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cut Table Operator in construction machinery manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment: Mobile Track Solutions
Parent company: Mobile Track Solutions
Street: 203 Johnson Street
City: Elkader
State: IA
ZIP: 52043
On-site location: Building A, Kinetic Cut Table

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Other recordable case (code 4)
Type: Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Team member had been cleaning cut parts what a hand scraper and an angle grinder while wearing appropriate eye and face protection.

What happened

After work and arriving at home they noticed their right eye was red. There was no knowledge of anything impacting their eye.

Injury or illness

The team member was taken to an eye clinic where it was discovered they had a piece of slag lodged under the eyelid.

Object or substance involved

steel slag.

Summary line

Metal sliver filing in right eye from cleaning cut parts.

Employee and industry

Job description: Cut Table Operator
SOC code: 51-9032: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
NAICS code: 333120: Construction machinery manufacturing
NAICS vintage: 2012
Employees at this establishment (2024 average): 142
Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total): 246,932
Establishment ID: 916830
Employer case #: 4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2024-04-08
Shift started: 06:00
Time of incident: 15:30
Filing year: 2024
Submitted to OSHA: 2025-01-10