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OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welder 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 Fabrication

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Before the incident

Welding

What happened

Employee was standing on left side of truss as another employee was using Porta [REDACTED] from the right side. As the employee released pressure it caused the tacked piece of angle on the left side to break loose striking [REDACTED] on foot. Angle weight was roughly 35 lbs. piece of angle caught employee right behind steel toe in boot.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Feet Ankle(s)

Object or substance involved

Steel Beams Tubes

Summary line

Tack failed when pressure was released causing the angle to strike IE foot

Employee and industry

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
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
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
6:10:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:20:38:00

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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.