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OSHA Injury Report: Whelen Engineering Company, Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Whelen Engineering Company, Inc in 51 Winthrop Road, Chester, CT 06412 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was assembler in vehicular lighting fixtures manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Whelen Engineering Company, Inc
Parent company
Whelen Engineering Company, Inc
Street
51 Winthrop Road
City
Chester
State
CT
ZIP
06412
On-site location
workbench lightbar dept

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
64

Before the incident

talking to an employee

What happened

Another employee as a prank put a powered screwgun between employee 's shoulder blades

Injury or illness

muscle strain in neck

Object or substance involved

powered screw gun

Summary line

screw gun between shoulder blades

Employee and industry

Job description
Assembler
SOC code
51-2099 — Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
NAICS code
336320 — Vehicular lighting fixtures manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
597
Total hours worked
1077153
EIN
60725110
Establishment ID
1172461
Employer case #
28

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
27FEB24:17:12:00

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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.