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OSHA Injury Report: Universal Steel Inc

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Universal Steel Inc in Lithonia, GA 30058 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was punch Operator in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Moving material

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.

Cut to the upper right thigh

Cut Off Wheel

Right Leg

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
Avg employees
67
Total hours worked
126600
EIN
581091692
Establishment ID
1102282
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:00:00.000
Submitted
02FEB24:15:23:00

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.