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OSHA Injury Report: Prairie State Generating Company - Power Block

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Prairie State Generating Company - Power Block in 1739 New Marigold Rd, Marissa, IL 62257 resulted in days away from work. Employee was plant Technician in electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas).

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Prairie State Generating Company - Power Block
Parent company
Prairie State Generating Company
Street
1739 New Marigold Rd
City
Marissa
State
IL
ZIP
62257
On-site location
Unit 1 Boiler Building

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Before the incident

Unplugging a hydrated lime lance on Unit 1 boiler

What happened

A 2 flexible hose blew hydrated lime into the worker 's face after the camlock fitting was unlocked.

Injury or illness

Chemical conjunctivitis of both eyes and corneal abrasion to the right eye.

Object or substance involved

Pressurized hydrated lime

Summary line

Employee suffered chemical conjunctivitis and corneal abrasion to the right eye when a pressurized hydrated lime hose broke free from a cam-locked fitting.

Employee and industry

Job description
Plant Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
221112 — Electric power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, oil, gas)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
211
Total hours worked
405953
EIN
431941772
Establishment ID
544986
Employer case #
23-101

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
21FEB24:20:45:00

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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.