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OSHA Injury Report: Ames Advanced Material Corp.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Ames Advanced Material Corp. in 3900 South Clinton Avenue, South Plainfield, NJ 7080 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chemical Operator in nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ames Advanced Material Corp.
Parent company
Ames Advanced Material Corp.
Street
3900 South Clinton Avenue
City
South Plainfield
State
NJ
ZIP
7080
On-site location
Metal Recovery

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
80

Before the incident

Employee had emptied filter press cakes.

What happened

Employee closing filter press. Used metal bar to push head plate instead of attaching wheel to rod to close the head plate employee continued using bar and slipped on wet surface.

Injury or illness

Back contusion

Object or substance involved

Cement floor

Summary line

Back contusion

Employee and industry

Job description
Chemical Operator
SOC code
51-9011 — Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331492 — Nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
148
Total hours worked
276968
EIN
463797538
Establishment ID
75684
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
22:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24JAN26:03:33:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.