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OSHA Injury Report: Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing in Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was vulcanizer in belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing.

Establishment
Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing
Parent company
Gates Manufacturing Plant
Street
1650 Rowe Parkway
City
Poplar Bluff
State
MO
ZIP
63901
On-site location
18' vulcanizer
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Vulcanizing. Pulling hoses off of mandrels

Employee was loading hoses onto a mandrel when the mandrel broke at the shank causing employee to fall back to the floor.

Contusion (bruise bump) Inflammation Swelling to Back

Shank of the mandrel broke causing the employee to fall to the floor

Contusion (bruise bump) Inflammation Swelling to Back caused by Shank of the mandrel broke causing the employee to fall to the floor

Job description
Vulcanizer
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
326220 — Belting, rubber (e.g., conveyor, elevator, transmission), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
331
Total hours worked
571013
EIN
840857401
Establishment ID
802126
Employer case #
IN-2024010
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
5:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
16JAN2025:16:49:00

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.