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OSHA Injury Report: Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location in 27612 Temple Avenue, Shell Rock, IA 50670 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder 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
Small Cartline - Final Station

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Before the incident

Operating a handheld orbit sander on grain cart

What happened

Using orbit sander on window panel at the final finish line. Sander caught the area being sanding and a piece of sander flew off and cut right hand index finger causing laceration. Was not wearing gloves at the time of injury as instructed.

Injury or illness

Laceration

Object or substance involved

Piece of orbit sander part

Summary line

Finger laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
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 #
23-20

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Time of incident
12:55:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:16:33:00

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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.