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OSHA Injury Report: Therma Tru Howe Distribution Center

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Therma Tru Howe Distribution Center in 8055 N State Road 9, Howe, IN 46746 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was loader in general warehousing and storage.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Therma Tru Howe Distribution Center
Parent company
Fortune Brands Innovations
Street
8055 N State Road 9
City
Howe
State
IN
ZIP
46746
On-site location
Door repack

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

Repacking a skid of doors

What happened

Associate was working as a team with another associate to repack a skid of doors. As they slid the top 2 doors one side became stuck the associate pushed the doors really hard so when the doors came loose it wretched their partners arm in a weird position. Associates group leader informed safety right away. Associate was taken to the clinic for x-ray.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury Illness:: Sprain Strain; Body Part(s):: Arm - Shoulder(Left)

Object or substance involved

Partner pushing doors too hard

Summary line

Nature of Injury Illness:: Sprain Strain; Cause of Injury Illness::Overexertion; Body Part(s):: Arm - Shoulder(Left); Object Substance:: Partner pushing doors too hard.

Employee and industry

Job description
Loader
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
122
Total hours worked
215089
EIN
341923454
Establishment ID
1070188
Employer case #
US-HOWE-IN

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:35:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
18JAN24:17:38:00

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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.