South Plainfield, NJ —
OSHA Injury Report: Ames Advanced Material Corp.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Ames Advanced Material Corp. in South Plainfield, NJ 7080 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chemical Operator 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
- Melt room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was shoveling material into pails in the pit of the rotary furnace.
What happened
Employee was lifting pails which weighed 30- 50 lbs overhead to floor about chest height of employee. Employee was doing this for a few hours. Employee felt pain in shoulder but didn 't report.
Injury or illness
Strain of left shoulder
Object or substance involved
Lifting heavy pails overhead to floor level.
Summary line
Strain of left shoulder
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chemical Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9011 — Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- 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 #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 24JAN26:03:13:00
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.