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OSHA Injury Report: Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing

Other illness · Days away from work

On , an other illness at Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing in Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 resulted in days away from work. 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
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days away from work
14

Vulcanizing

Employee stated that he was feeling pain on the left side of his abdomen while vulcanizing in all rubber.

Hernia to left abdomen

pulling and loading hoses

Hernia to Left Abdomen caused by Pulling and loading mandrels

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-2024012
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
16JAN2025:16:52:00

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.