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OSHA Injury Report: Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. - CO

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. - CO in 308 Hereford Ave, Sterling, CO 80751 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was robot Oper in cultivators, farm-type, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. - CO
Parent company
Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc.
Street
308 Hereford Ave
City
Sterling
State
CO
ZIP
80751
On-site location
Robot 11

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
1

Before the incident

Cleaning off welding robot with compressed air.

What happened

Employee accidentally blew debris into her eye while using compressed air to clean debris off robotic arm. Employee went to [REDACTED] and had debris removed. Employee returned to work with restriction to avoid fan and furnace for the rest of the day.

Injury or illness

Foreign body in eye.

Object or substance involved

Welding dust debris.

Summary line

Foreign body in eye

Employee and industry

Job description
Robot Oper
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
333111 — Cultivators, farm-type, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
166
Total hours worked
294014
EIN
840463428
Establishment ID
1138980
Employer case #
21

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22FEB24:20:50:00

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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.