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OSHA Injury Report: Tama County Highway Department

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Tama County Highway Department in 1002 E. 5th St., Tama, IA 52339 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dragline Operator in general services departments, government.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Tama County Highway Department
Parent company
Tama County
Street
1002 E. 5th St.
City
Tama
State
IA
ZIP
52339
On-site location
Shop

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Moving rocks from under a tank

What happened

Another employee was holding the tank up with a bar the bar slipped and tank smashed left hand

Injury or illness

Crushed left index finger

Object or substance involved

chloride tank

Summary line

Hand crushed by empty tank

Employee and industry

Job description
Dragline Operator
SOC code
47-5022 — Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
NAICS code
921190 — General services departments, government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
40
Total hours worked
77875
EIN
426005285
Establishment ID
1082410
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:17:14:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.