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OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was machine Operator 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 Machining

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Dumping drop in scrap bin.

What happened

While getting rid of a drop piece of metal 2ft. metal tubing in the self dumping hopper. The employee turned and threw the piece. When the piece hit another smaller piece causing it pop up and strike the employee in the head.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Head

Object or substance involved

Steel Beams Tubes

Summary line

[REDACTED] was throwing a 2ft. tube in the self dumping hopper. It struck another piece of steel causing it to catapult and hit the [REDACTED] on top of the head.

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332311 — Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
442
Total hours worked
681618
Establishment ID
82130
Employer case #
IE-2305-00

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:30:00.000
Time of incident
19:30:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:20:34:00

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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.