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
Rigging multi lift rigging
What happened
On the morning of [REDACTED] around [REDACTED] an employee was injured while rigging steel beams onto a multi lift rigging assembly at Project [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. The employee was attempting to connect the fourth and final piece to the rigging tree. As the employee positioned the eye of the choker onto the crane hook the drift from the overhead load caused the rigging to tighten unexpectedly. This resulted in the employee 's left middle finger being pinched between the hook and the choker eye causing a laceration. Once the drift realigned over the load the tension released freeing the employee 's hand. The employee reported the incident to the General Foreman who then reported the injury to the Safety Department. The injured worker was immediately assessed and sent to the urgent care facility for further evaluation and treatment.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Finger(s)
Object or substance involved
Rigging Equipment
Summary line
Employee 's finger was pinched between rigging and crane hook during rigging connection.
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-2503-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- 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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