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OSHA Injury Report: Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Taubensee Steel & Wire Wheeling Plant in 600 Diens Drive, Wheeling, IL 60090 resulted in other recordable case. 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 Draw Machine #7

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Team member was standing next to his machine.

What happened

As he was standing there he noticed his eye was bothering him and tried to rinse it out.

Injury or illness

Abrasion of right cornea.

Object or substance involved

A small piece of metal.

Summary line

[REDACTED] Abrasion of the right eye from Foreign Object

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
2012
Avg employees
112
Total hours worked
237125
EIN
362065420
Establishment ID
849588
Employer case #
25-014

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:15:20:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.