TACOMA, WA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Vulan Metals Corporation
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Vulan Metals Corporation in 3021 WILKESON STREET, TACOMA, WA 98409 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was melting in foundries, steel (except investment).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Vulan Metals Corporation
- Parent company
- Vulcan Metals
- Street
- 3021 WILKESON STREET
- City
- TACOMA
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98409
- On-site location
- Lad
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Mixing refractory.
What happened
While mixing a bag of baselite to line a ladle the employee was lifting and dropping the grating to remove additional material. While doing this the employee had his hand resting on the side of the mixer. He ended up getting his finger into a crush area and dropped the grating onto his right pointer finger causing a laceration.
Injury or illness
Laceration right middle finger.
Object or substance involved
The employee was lifting the mixer guard trying to get the refractory to fall through and got his finger in a pinch point.
Summary line
Caught finger between a guard and machine wall causing a laceration
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Melting
- SOC code
- 51-4051: Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331513: Foundries, steel (except investment)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 198
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 365,226
- EIN
- 300258772
- Establishment ID
- 1443671
- Employer case #
- SX49508
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 11:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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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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