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OSHA Injury Report: Waterloo Works Foundry

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Waterloo Works Foundry in 2000 Westfield Ave, Waterloo, IA 50701 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was blstng and Clng Cell Oper 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 871 Off Load

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Off loading parts

What happened

EE states right eye became itchy at approximately [REDACTED] 1700 EE thought just dry eyes When EE got home states noticed something in right eye went to ER and states FB was removed from right eye and rust ring present

Injury or illness

Foreign body right eye

Object or substance involved

working off load in 871 got home noticed something in right eye Went to ER and foreign body was removed from right eye and rust ring present

Summary line

Foreign body right eye working off load in [REDACTED] got home noticed something in right eye Went to ER and foreign body was removed from right eye and rust ring present

Employee and industry

Job description
Blstng and Clng Cell Oper
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 1927295

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
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.