Effingham, IL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Flex N Gate
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Flex N Gate in 2701 S. Banker, Effingham, IL 62401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was coatings Fork Truck Driver in oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Flex N Gate
- Parent company
- Flex N Gate
- Street
- 2701 S. Banker
- City
- Effingham
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62401
- On-site location
- Flex N Gate Effingham
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 70
Before the incident
employee was driving forklift in expansion aera and left fork hit a piece of ro-bar that was sticking out of the floor
What happened
employee was dropping off a lens dunnage into the expansion aera and had his forks on the floor. As the employee drove forward the left fork he hit a piece of rebar on the floor causing him to hit his nose of the steering wheel [REDACTED] the employee claimed his neck and back were hurting and asked to go to the hospital
Injury or illness
Sprain Strain (Non-Ergonomic)
Object or substance involved
piece of ro-bar sticling out of floor that left fork on truck ran into
Summary line
Sprain Strain (Non-Ergonomic) to Back Face Neck caused by piece of ro-bar sticling out of floor that left fork on truck ran into
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Coatings Fork Truck Driver
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 336390: Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 464
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 859,282
- EIN
- 861760641
- Establishment ID
- 1270820
- Employer case #
- IN-2024102
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 05:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-29
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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