Poplar Bluff, MO —
OSHA Injury Report: Gates Poplar Bluff Manufacturing
Other illness · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 1
Before the incident
Vulcanizing pulling and loading hoses on mandrels
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Inflammation Swelling to Right Eye
Object or substance involved
Wax lubricant
Summary line
Inflammation Swelling to Right Eye caused by Wax lubricant
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 19:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 16JAN2025:17:01:00
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.