Shelbyville, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Cooper Steel
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Cooper Steel in 503 North Hillcrest Drive, Shelbyville, TN 37160 resulted in days away from work. Employee was welder 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
- Shelbyville Fabrication - Cooper Steel, Welding/Fitting
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 12
Before the incident
Flipping steel beam
What happened
Employee went to lay 420lb beam from vertical position to horizontal position by hand. When flipping the beam the employees index finger was caught between the beam and work horse causing a large laceration in fingertip.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Laceration Cut |Type: |Body Part: Finger(s)
Object or substance involved
Steel Beams Tubes
Summary line
Employee flipping beam by hand got their finger caught between beam and work horse.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- 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-2512-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 15:40
- 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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