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OSHA Injury Report: Waterloo Works Foundry

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Waterloo Works Foundry in 2000 Westfield Ave, Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in days away from work. Employee was resource Pool Employee in iron foundries.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Waterloo Works Foundry
Parent company
Waterloo Works Foundry
Street
2000 Westfield Ave
City
Waterloo
State
IA
ZIP
50701
On-site location
Dept 804

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
55
Days restricted or transferred
69

Before the incident

EE states that he was on a new job 9 7 23 shift and he was picking up cores bending slightly to pick them up and then setting them down in a different location EE states that he was not using any device to lift the cores

What happened

EE states that he was on a new job 9 7 23 shift and he was picking up cores bending slightly to pick them up and then setting them down in a different location EE states that he was not using any device to lift the cores EE states that he went home and woke up with bilateral low back pain and left neck pain

Injury or illness

Bilateral low back pain and left neck pain

Object or substance involved

bending slightly to pick up cores and then setting them down in a different location

Summary line

Bilateral low back pain and left neck pain bending slightly to pick up cores and then setting them down in a different location

Employee and industry

Job description
Resource Pool Employee
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331511 — Iron foundries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
550
Total hours worked
1232965
Establishment ID
1119783
Employer case #
23 1922805

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:16:42:00

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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.