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 paint Tech 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
- CSF - Paint Department, 5S - Zone 28
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
- Days restricted or transferred
- 77
Before the incident
Positioning beam witeh OH crane
What happened
The injured employee was sitting down a column on work horses using two OH cranes. The far end of the column came to rest on the work horse 1st causing the end nearest the operator to swing. The injured employee was standing next to another column laying on the workhorses. The suspended end of the column swung toward the employee and trapped him between the two columns at his hips. Another employee working in the area pushed the column away from the injured employee and freed him. The injured employee could stand but it was painful for him to walk. EMS was notified and the injured employee was transported to the Vanderbilt Hospital ER in [REDACTED] for treatment.
Injury or illness
Nature of Injury: Fracture Broken Bone |Type: |Body Part: Trunk Torso
Object or substance involved
Overhead Crane
Summary line
Injured employee caught in pinch point formed for two steel columns.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Paint Tech
- SOC code
- 51-9123: Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- 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-2507-0
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 13:40
- 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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