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OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in days away from work. Employee was material Handler in buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Cooper Steel
Parent company
Cooper's Steel Fabricators, Inc.
Street
503 North Hillcrest Drive
City
Shelbyville
State
TN
ZIP
37160
On-site location
Shelbyville Fabrication - Cooper Steel Main Yard

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
46
Days restricted or transferred
49

Before the incident

Operating Forklift

What happened

As employee turned to face the steps to dismount from the forklift he felt his left knee pop (tore ACL and Meniscus) and felt immediate pain and was not able to bear weight on that leg.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Sprain |Type: |Body Part: Knee(s)

Object or substance involved

Powered Industrial Trucks

Summary line

[REDACTED] ACL and [REDACTED] as [REDACTED] was turning to climb down from large forklift.

Employee and industry

Job description
Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
332311 — Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
442
Total hours worked
681618
Establishment ID
82130
Employer case #
IE-2306-00

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:30:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:20:11:00

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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.