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OSHA Injury Report: Southern

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Southern in Birmingham, AL 35324 resulted in days away from work. Employee was finisher in construction Machinery Manufacturing.

Establishment
Southern
Parent company
Altec Industries
Street
1730 Vanderbilt Rd.
City
Birmingham
State
AL
ZIP
35324
On-site location
Dressout Floor
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Tightening a shelf down with a [REDACTED] battery powered ratchet

Once the bolt was tightened the tool spun while she was holding it and her hand hit a piece of b line that was welded inside of the compartment

Contusion to the finger

The Milwaukee battery powered ratchet and the piece of b line

Surface wounds and bruises Hand Right Side Tools Instruments Equipment: Handtools - powered Turning handtoolspowered

Job description
Finisher
SOC code
51-4023 — Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
333120 — Construction Machinery Manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
419
Total hours worked
914167
EIN
630362926
Establishment ID
325591
Employer case #
2023-048
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:14:42:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.