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OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in 600 Foundry Road, Calera, AL 35040 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was quality Inspector in foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel).

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Parent company
Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Street
600 Foundry Road
City
Calera
State
AL
ZIP
35040
On-site location
Cleaning Room

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was scraping a casting with pocketknife.

What happened

Employee used personal pocketknife to scrape debris off a casting. The pocketknife slipped resulting in a laceration

Injury or illness

Laceration to right thumb

Object or substance involved

Pocketknife

Summary line

Laceration to right thumb from pocket knife

Employee and industry

Job description
Quality Inspector
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
331511 — Foundries, iron (i.e., ductile, gray, malleable, semisteel)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
125
Total hours worked
288144
Establishment ID
306332
Employer case #
2025-0005

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
4:00
Time of incident
7:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23FEB26:12:42:00

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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.