Birmingham, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southern
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Southern in 1730 Vanderbilt Rd., Birmingham, AL 35234 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was southern Custom Body Builder in manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southern
- Parent company
- Altec Industries
- Street
- 1730 Vanderbilt Rd.
- City
- Birmingham
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35234
- On-site location
- Line 5 Final Assembly
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Beveling a part to weld into position.
What happened
Associate was beveling a piece of flat bar to fill a gap. The part was being beveled because it was too thick. While grinding the grinder kicked back and caught the associates thumb. Associate was wearing A5 welding gloves and th part being beveled was 4.5 ft long.
Injury or illness
Laceration to the thumb while the associate was holding the part down to be beveled.
Object or substance involved
Grinder disc
Summary line
Laceration to the thumb while the associate was holding the part down to be beveled.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Southern Custom Body Builder
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 333120: Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 594
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,186,860
- EIN
- 630362926
- Establishment ID
- 325591
- Employer case #
- 925
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-11
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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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