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OSHA Injury Report: Kohler Wisconsin Cast Iron

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Kohler Wisconsin Cast Iron in Kohler, WI 53044 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel).

Establishment
Kohler Wisconsin Cast Iron
Parent company
Kohler Co
Street
444 Highland Dr.
City
Kohler
State
WI
ZIP
53044
On-site location
East Side of 128 Conveyor in front of North Andromat
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
12
Days restricted or transferred
145

Maintenance was called to remove a piece of stuck gating on the skirting on the side of the [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. After performing Lockout Tagout on the conveyor [REDACTED] climbed onto the conveyor and located the stuck gating (scrap from the cast iron molding process).

[REDACTED] used a sledgehammer in an attempt to free the stuck gating. He swung three times at the gating; all below the knee at ankle height. On the third swing the gating was freed from the skirting of the conveyor with force making contact with his lower left leg.

Spiral fracture of left tibia

A small piece of iron gating (scrap from the cast iron molding process)

Lower left leg fracture

Job description
Maintenance Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
331511 — Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
441
Total hours worked
852408
EIN
390402810
Establishment ID
876941
Employer case #
24_6244
Date of incident
Shift started
18:30
Time of incident
20:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
22JAN2025:17:58:00

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.