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Effingham, IL —

OSHA Injury Report: Flex N Gate

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Flex N Gate in 2701 S. Banker, Effingham, IL 62401 resulted in days away from work. Employee was coatings Fork Truck Driver in oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Flex N Gate
Parent company
Flex N Gate
Street
2701 S. Banker
City
Effingham
State
IL
ZIP
62401
On-site location
Flex N Gate Effingham

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
70

Before the incident

employee was driving forklift in expansion aera and left fork hit a piece of ro-bar that was sticking out of the floor

What happened

employee was dropping off a lens dunnage into the expansion aera and had his forks on the floor. As the employee drove forward the left fork he hit a piece of rebar on the floor causing him to hit his nose of the steering wheel [REDACTED] the employee claimed his neck and back were hurting and asked to go to the hospital

Injury or illness

Sprain Strain (Non-Ergonomic)

Object or substance involved

piece of ro-bar sticling out of floor that left fork on truck ran into

Summary line

Sprain Strain (Non-Ergonomic) to Back Face Neck caused by piece of ro-bar sticling out of floor that left fork on truck ran into

Employee and industry

Job description
Coatings Fork Truck Driver
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
336390 — Oil filters, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
464
Total hours worked
859282
EIN
861760641
Establishment ID
1270820
Employer case #
IN-2024102

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
5:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
29JAN2025:17:44:00

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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.