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De Pere, WI —

OSHA Injury Report: The C.A. Lawton Co.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at The C.A. Lawton Co. in 1900 Enterprise Dr., De Pere, WI 54115 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was reclaimer in castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
The C.A. Lawton Co.
Parent company
The C.A. Lawton Co.
Street
1900 Enterprise Dr.
City
De Pere
State
WI
ZIP
54115
On-site location
Reclaim

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
18

Before the incident

Employee was working alone operating payloader unhooking chains off “130-inch” flasks.

What happened

The chains became stuck as they “slacked” inside of the flasks. Employee raised the bucket on the pay loader to remove the slack from the chains. While physically moving one of the chains off the flask one of the other chains with hook dislodged from the flask and “slammed” into employee’s right knee.

Injury or illness

Contusion of right knee

Object or substance involved

Chain hook

Summary line

Contusion of Right knee [REDACTED] hook hit knee

Employee and industry

Job description
Reclaimer
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331511 — Castings, unfinished iron (e.g., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
82
Total hours worked
140811
EIN
390423800
Establishment ID
1194549
Employer case #
8

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:06:09:00

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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.