Shelbyville, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 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)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 49
Before the incident
Marking piece # on beam
What happened
On [REDACTED] an employee was working in the laydown yard identifying structural steel members that had been recently placed for upcoming installation. The beam that was stood up had opposing erection plates on each end which was also on a slight incline in order to write the piece number on the end of the member. The beam became unstable once the employee released it to continue to next piece. Due to the incline and lack of support the beam tipped and fell toward the employee striking the top of their right foot with the flange. The employee was wearing proper footwear and was immediately transported to the emergency room for further evaluation.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Fracture Broken Bone |Type: |Body Part: Feet Ankle(s)
Object or substance involved
Steel Beams Tubes
Summary line
Employee stood up beam to write piece mark that was on small incline when employee let go of beam it tipped over landing on his right foot.
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
- Avg employees
- 503
- Total hours worked
- 1007841
- EIN
- 621040167
- Establishment ID
- 82130
- Employer case #
- IE-2505-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 14JAN26:16:59:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.