South Plainfield, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Ames Advanced Material Corp.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ames Advanced Material Corp. in South Plainfield, NJ 7080 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was mechanic in nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ames Advanced Material Corp.
- Parent company
- Ames Advanced Material Corp.
- Street
- 3900 South Clinton Avenue
- City
- South Plainfield
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 7080
- On-site location
- Catalyst
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee and coworker disconnected a valve in the pipeline. They were flushing the line with a hose towards the pump outlet.
What happened
Employee and coworker disconnected a valve in the pipeline. They were flushing the line with a hose towards the pump outlet.
Injury or illness
Employee tapped on pipeline to loosen material and decided to start air-pump to push clogged material out of the pipe.
Object or substance involved
Struck by pieces of broken pipeline in the face.
Summary line
Struck by pipe section in face
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Nonferrous alloys (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and alloying plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 148
- Total hours worked
- 276968
- EIN
- 463797538
- Establishment ID
- 75684
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 0:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 24JAN26:02:57:00
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.