Lithonia, GA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Universal Steel Inc
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Universal Steel Inc in 2400 South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road, Lithonia, GA 30058 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was punch Operator in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Universal Steel Inc
- Parent company
- Universal Steel Inc
- Street
- 2400 South Stone Mountain Lithonia Road
- City
- Lithonia
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30058
- On-site location
- Plate Burner Table
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Moving material
What happened
Employee was cutting a pc of plate material with a Matabo cut off wheel attached to a hand grinder. The employee took the protective guard off the grinder and started cutting the plate the plate was not sitting flat on the table and caused the grinder to kick back striking the employee in the leg.
Injury or illness
Cut to the upper right thigh
Object or substance involved
Cut Off Wheel
Summary line
Right Leg
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Punch Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4031: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- NAICS code
- 332312: Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 67
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 126,600
- EIN
- 581091692
- Establishment ID
- 1102282
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-02
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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, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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