RENO, NV ·
OSHA Injury Report: VDM METALS USA, LLC
Other illness · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an other illness at VDM METALS USA, LLC in 14255 MT. BISMARK STREET, RENO, NV 89506 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was hand Grinder in nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- VDM METALS USA, LLC
- Parent company
- VDM METALS
- Street
- 14255 MT. BISMARK STREET
- City
- RENO
- State
- NV
- ZIP
- 89506
- On-site location
- Production/Mill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 11
Before the incident
Using tongs to move hot bars and using hand grinder to expose and eliminate defects on bars and billets.
What happened
Employee said that over a period of ten months use of tongs and grinder caused discomfort pain in left wrist and arm.
Injury or illness
Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Object or substance involved
Tongs for moving hot bars and hand-held grinder.
Summary line
Discomfort in left wrist and arm from using tongs and hand grinding.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Hand Grinder
- SOC code
- 51-4033: Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
- NAICS code
- 331491: Nonferrous metal shapes (except aluminum, copper) made in integrated secondary smelting and rolling mills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 106
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 248,361
- EIN
- 880148560
- Establishment ID
- 1269448
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Time of incident
- Not known — the employer filed this case without a time of day.
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-29
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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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