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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 mechanical Maintenance 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 2 SFC

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
59

Before the incident

Inspecting the Unit 2 SFC

What happened

The worker was ascending the stairs at the tail end of the SFC and struck their head against a horizontal scaffold brace causing soreness in the neck.

Injury or illness

Compression fracture in the neck

Object or substance involved

The horizontal scaffold brace

Summary line

Employee struck head on a scaffold cross brace while ascending stairs resulting in a neck injury.

Employee and industry

Job description
Mechanical Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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 #
23-102

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
7:45:00.000
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.