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

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Nichols Tillage Tools, Inc. - CO in 308 Hereford Ave, Sterling, CO 80751 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machinist 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
Shot Blaster

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Waiting for welding parts to come out from shot blaster.

What happened

Employee was struck in eye by debris from shot blaster. Went to eye doctor the same day who prescribed drops for corneal abrasion. Retuned to work same day.

Injury or illness

Corneal abrasion.

Object or substance involved

Shot peen.

Summary line

Corneal abrasion

Employee and industry

Job description
Machinist
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
333111 — Cultivators, farm-type, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
166
Total hours worked
294014
EIN
840463428
Establishment ID
1138980
Employer case #
26

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22FEB24:21:02:00

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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.