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OSHA Injury Report: IMC Metals

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at IMC Metals in 135 Boiler Spring Road, Shelby, NC 28152 resulted in days away from work. Employee was casting Operator in precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
IMC Metals
Parent company
IMC Metals LLC
Street
135 Boiler Spring Road
City
Shelby
State
NC
ZIP
28152
On-site location
CASTING LINE 7

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
63

Before the incident

PLACING COLLERBODY ON BRACKET

What happened

EE FAILED TO SECURE BOTTOM LATCH ON COOLERBODY BRACKET EE TURNED TO GET A START ROD AND COLLER BODY FELL INTO MOLTEN METAL. A REACTION OCCURRED CAUSING METAL SPLATTER AND EMPLOYEE HIT HIS HEAD WHILE RETREATING

Injury or illness

MILD CONCUSSION AND SLIGHT BURN TO HEAD

Object or substance involved

I BEAM LOCATED CLOSE TO CASTER

Summary line

HEAD INJURY

Employee and industry

Job description
Casting Operator
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
331492 — Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
110
Total hours worked
148229
EIN
270817038
Establishment ID
1075949
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:27:00.000
Submitted
24JAN24:13:33:00

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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.