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OSHA Injury Report: Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing in 1330 76th SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator III in fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing
Parent company
Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing
Street
1330 76th SW
City
Cedar Rapids
State
IA
ZIP
52404
On-site location
Cedar Rapids

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

activity prior to event was not determined

What happened

Pulling steel sheets at approximately waist level that exceeded employee lifting pulling pushing limitations.

Injury or illness

Felt painful sensation when pulling materials from the CO2 laster table removing scrap materials from the CO2 laser table when felt a painful sensation in the area of his low back. This material exceeds the lifting guidelines for operators.

Object or substance involved

225 pound flat sheet of steel

Summary line

Felt painful sensation when pulling materials from the CO2 laser table. Removing scrap materials from the CO2 laser table when he felt a painful sensation in his

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator III
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
333111 — Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
170
Total hours worked
361086
Establishment ID
1072743
Employer case #
2402

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:05
Filing year
2024
Submitted
13JAN2025:17:04:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.