2,042,423Injury reports 130,778Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Injury Report: Metal Treaters Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Metal Treaters Inc. in Saint Paul, MN 55104 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was furnace Operator Helper in hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade.

Establishment
Metal Treaters Inc.
Parent company
Metal Treaters Inc
Street
859 N Prior St
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
ZIP
55104
On-site location
Production Department near generator
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
23

The employee was moving a 200lb (3ft long) metal part with another employee in a basket to prep for heat treating. The other employee 's hand slipped and he dropped the part 1-2 feet down. The part fell on the injured employee 's left hand when he couldn 't get it out of the way fast enough.

When the part slipped out of another employee hand the employee could hang on to the part due to its weight. He didn 't have time to get his hand out of the way and the part was dropped on his hand.

The part dropping on the employee hand resulted in an injury to his left ring and middle finger.

A metal part 200 Lb. 3ft long

Smashed hand injured left middle & rings fingers

Job description
Furnace Operator Helper
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
332811 — Hardening (i.e., heat treating) metals and metal products for the trade
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
54
Total hours worked
94409
EIN
410875304
Establishment ID
293754
Employer case #
21-1
Date of incident
Shift started
10:06
Time of incident
12:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
22JAN26:20:47:00

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.