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OSHA Injury Report: Trailmaster Trailers

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Trailmaster Trailers in 1033 E 5th St, MISHAWAKA, IN 46544 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder in boat transporter trailers, multi-unit, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Trailmaster Trailers
Parent company
J Q Tex Inc
Street
1033 E 5th St
City
MISHAWAKA
State
IN
ZIP
46544
On-site location
weld shop

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
13

Before the incident

He was cutting and bending a tube of steel for a trailer rail.

What happened

He was taking the tube off of the conveyer. The one end was on the floor and he was handling the other end. He was pushing the tube and it hit something on the floor and caused it to stop abruptly. Momentum pulled the rest of the rail to the side and it fell off the conveyer. He continued to hang on to the rail and he twisted his back. He did not report the injury for 5 days. He went to the ER on his own accord and did not report it as work comp.

Injury or illness

Back Strain

Object or substance involved

length of 5 steel tube fell and he was trying to hang on to it.

Summary line

lower back strain from handeling a tube of 5steel on a roller conveyer when it fell to the side

Employee and industry

Job description
welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
336212 — Boat transporter trailers, multi-unit, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
31
Total hours worked
57408
EIN
351425546
Establishment ID
168890
Employer case #
23-3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:34:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
03JAN24:16:23:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.