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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 iron Worker 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
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Lifting Material

What happened

IE was fire watching at ground level while another employee was torch cutting crane beam stops off structure above. At [REDACTED] the GF shut down hot work for the night and the crew began breaking torch bottles down. While attempting to lift the oxygen bottle IE says they felt a sharp pain in left bicep and heard a tearing noise. They immediately notified the GF and I contacted Safety and General Superintendent. We left project and took IE to ER.

Injury or illness

Nature of Injury: Strain |Type: |Body Part: Arm(s)

Object or substance involved

Other

Summary line

IE heard and felt bicep tear.

Employee and industry

Job description
Iron Worker
SOC code
47-2221 — Structural Iron and Steel Workers
NAICS code
332311 — Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
388
Total hours worked
832976
Establishment ID
82130
Employer case #
IE-2412-00

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
10:00
Time of incident
16:40
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27JAN2025:16:25:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.