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OSHA Injury Report: Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing in Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
35' Vulcanizer
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
1

Vulcanizing pulling and loading hoses on mandrels

Employee reported that he was pulling a hose and wax flew over his glasses and landed in his eye causing irritation burning and blurred vision. The employees eye was flushed several times with eye wash

Inflammation Swelling to Right Eye

Wax lubricant

Inflammation Swelling to Right Eye caused by Wax lubricant

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-2024042
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
19:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
16JAN2025:17:01:00

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.