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OSHA Injury Report: Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant in 600 Diens Drive, Wheeling, IL 60090 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant
Parent company
Taubensee Steel & Wire
Street
600 Diens Drive
City
Wheeling
State
IL
ZIP
60090
On-site location
Wire Drawing Machine #1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

Checking inside the machine for and material issues

What happened

As he was closing the front right gate he looked upwards and pinched his finger between the gate and the guide bar while closing it.

Injury or illness

Crush to finger

Object or substance involved

The guide plate for the gate and the gate.

Summary line

Crush to finger being pinched in-between a gate and metal guide

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331222 — Drawing iron or steel wire from purchased iron or steel
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
120
Total hours worked
247851
EIN
362065420
Establishment ID
849588
Employer case #
23-074

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:15:00.000
Submitted
05FEB24:17:29:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.