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OSHA Injury Report: Carrollton Copper Rod Mill

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Carrollton Copper Rod Mill in 372 Central High Road, Carrollton, GA 30117 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator Rod Casting in wire & Cable.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Carrollton Copper Rod Mill
Parent company
Southwire
Street
372 Central High Road
City
Carrollton
State
GA
ZIP
30117
On-site location
Casting

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Removing copper build up from torch [REDACTED] tip.

What happened

Due to spout restrictions and resulting copper splattering Team Member was cleaning off the spout and copper build up on torch rosebud tip. Tools used to clean rosebud included wire brush and tools to pry and pick off copper build up. TM felt something in her right eye soon after completing task and used eyewash to rinse eye but irritation continued. TM was taking to local hospital where she was diagnosed with a scratched right eye cornea and no remaining debris that caused injury. TM was issued a prescription antibiotic eye drops - OSHA recoverable medical treatment.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury Illness:: Eye Injury; Body Part(s):: Head - Eye(Right)

Object or substance involved

Debris in eye.

Summary line

Nature of Injury Illness:: Eye Injury; Cause of Injury Illness::Foreign body in eye; Body Part(s):: Head - Eye (Right); Object Substance:: Debris in eye.

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator Rod Casting
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331420 — Wire & Cable
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
131
Total hours worked
302485
Establishment ID
995775
Employer case #
US-COPPER-

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
18:45:00.000
Time of incident
5:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
01MAR24:18:04:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.