Cedar Rapids, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator III in fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing
- Parent company
- Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing
- Street
- 1330 76th SW
- City
- Cedar Rapids
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 52404
- On-site location
- Cedar Rapids
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
activity prior to event was not determined
What happened
Pulling steel sheets at approximately waist level that exceeded employee lifting pulling pushing limitations.
Injury or illness
Felt painful sensation when pulling materials from the CO2 laster table removing scrap materials from the CO2 laser table when felt a painful sensation in the area of his low back. This material exceeds the lifting guidelines for operators.
Object or substance involved
225 pound flat sheet of steel
Summary line
Felt painful sensation when pulling materials from the CO2 laser table. Removing scrap materials from the CO2 laser table when he felt a painful sensation in his
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator III
- SOC code
- 51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333111 — Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 170
- Total hours worked
- 361086
- Establishment ID
- 1072743
- Employer case #
- 2402
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:05
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 13JAN2025:17:04:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.