Shelbyville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Aligning [REDACTED]
What happened
On [REDACTED] during steel erection on 13 line between grid lines F and G a crane operator and two connectors ([REDACTED] and [REDACTED]) were performing a beam connection. [REDACTED] was positioned at one end of the beam and [REDACTED] on the other and opposing sides. [REDACTED] was using a spud wrench to align his end of the beam and prepare to install bolts. They were attempting to high low the beam to get it into position. [REDACTED] was on the other end of the beam which had become wedged on the column. [REDACTED] radioed to the crane operator to cable up slightly to help free the beam. When the crane lifted the beam [REDACTED] 's end moved because no bolts had yet been installed he was attempting to reach around to install the bolts. This motion caused the beam to shift and push the beam and column towards the wall. [REDACTED] 's finger was between the wall and the column and this is when his finger was caught and a laceration occurred. Immediate action was taken work stopped fir
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Finger(s)
Object or substance involved
Other
Summary line
During steel erection on 13 line G-F a beam shifted while being aligned. An employees finger was caught and a laceration occurred.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Iron Worker
- SOC code
- 51-4031: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Te
- NAICS code
- 332311: Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 503
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,007,841
- EIN
- 621040167
- Establishment ID
- 82130
- Employer case #
- IE-2511-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-14
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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