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OSHA Injury Report: Glidewell Specialties Foundry

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Glidewell Specialties Foundry in Calera, AL 35040 resulted in days away from work. Employee was grinder in foundry casting molds manufacturing.

Establishment
Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Parent company
Glidewell Specialties Foundry
Street
600 Foundry Road, PO Box 1089
City
Calera
State
AL
ZIP
35040
On-site location
Cleaning room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
42

Cutting a casting with a grinder cut off wheel

the employee put the wheel in a bind causing it kick back contacting his lower arm

Laceration to his lower arm

Cutting disk

Laceration to lower arm

Job description
Grinder
SOC code
51-4072 — Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
NAICS code
333511 — Foundry casting molds manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
135
Total hours worked
259378
Establishment ID
306332
Employer case #
2023003
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
13:30:00.000
Submitted
11JAN24:16:32:00

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.