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OSHA Injury Report: Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location in 27612 Temple Avenue, Shell Rock, IA 50670 resulted in days away from work. Employee was painter in harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location
Parent company
Unverferth Manufacturing
Street
27612 Temple Avenue
City
Shell Rock
State
IA
ZIP
50670
On-site location
Outside paint booth

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
28
Days restricted or transferred
63

Before the incident

Housekeeping

What happened

Moving hazardous waste barrel to clean floor around (approx. 200lbs) using a pull motion. Felt small pain in abdomen and did not think anything of it. Later at home noticed what appeared to be a hernia in abdomen region.

Injury or illness

Hernia

Object or substance involved

Overexertion

Summary line

Abdomen - moving hazardous waste barrel during housekeeping

Employee and industry

Job description
Painter
SOC code
51-9123 — Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
NAICS code
333111 — Harvesting machinery and equipment, agriculture, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
413
Total hours worked
938900
EIN
340936989
Establishment ID
53859
Employer case #
23-18

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:16:13:00

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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.