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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 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
Field Operations - Cooper Steel Job Construction Site

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Material was being shifted towards HT. He placed his hand in the line of fire. His glove was not on at the time.

What happened

It was just minutes before time for work to stop and clean up to begin on [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] was asked to assist in moving a steel tube into place. The steel was laying horizontally a few inches from final fit up. [REDACTED] placed his hand directly between the steel column and the steel tube being moved. When the other worker pushed it forward it was caught between the two and mashed open. As it was minutes before work was to stop [REDACTED] had removed his gloves. He did not put them back on before assisting in the evolution.

Injury or illness

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

Object or substance involved

Other

Summary line

Worker got hand caught between steel column and steel tube. Laceration needing stitches.

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-2304-00

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:35:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:20:47:00

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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.