South Plainfield, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Ames Advanced Material Corp.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Ames Advanced Material Corp. in South Plainfield, NJ 7080 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was shipping in nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ames Advanced Material Corp.
- Parent company
- Ames Advanced Material Corp.
- Street
- 3900 South Clinton Avenue
- City
- South Plainfield
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7080
- On-site location
- Shipping
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
Preparing shipment to be stretch wrapped
What happened
During transfer of fiber drums from plastic pallet to wooden pallet one of the drums slid during transfer and employee adjusted position to keep drum upright. Weight of drum was about 120 lbs.
Injury or illness
Lumbar strain
Object or substance involved
Fiber drum
Summary line
Strained lumbar
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Shipping
- SOC code
- 43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 149
- Total hours worked
- 275689
- EIN
- 463797538
- Establishment ID
- 75684
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 14:45
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 06FEB2025:20:41:00
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.